Hi Akshay Aditya. Just wanted to add one thing regarding "So if a whip has been issued (which in most cases will be true), you can be 100% sure that all members present voted along party lines"
There are cases where the rebel MLA will do invalid votes on purpose instead of voting along party lines or against the party. Regards Kishore kumar illa On Tue, 29 Sep 2020, 7:56 am Akshay Aditya, <akshay93adi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eduardo, > It might be difficult to find this information. However there are a few > possible proxy sources, the parliamentary website of the central government > has a day to day log of proceedings, and many state assembly websites also > have a similar website. While it’s not possible to find individual votes, > you can find two things: > 1. Opposition opinion : This will tell you each parties position regarding > the bill. > 2. Members present on the day of the vote : The anti- defection bill makes > it impossible for people to vote outside party whip. So if a whip has been > issued (which in most cases will be true), you can be 100% sure that all > members present voted along party lines. > > You can cross reference these two things and get the data you need. > > Hope this helps, > > > On Sep 28, 2020, at 20:13, Eduardo Campillo Betancourt < > eduardocampillo2...@u.northwestern.edu> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am looking for any data on how people in state assemblies voted on > specific bills or laws. I have found that roll call voting does not happen > in India and that there might not be data on how specific members of the > legislative assemblies voted. However, are you aware of any potential proxy > at the member level? For instance, perhaps text analysis of transcripts of > the assembly discussions. Or do you know if there are such transcripts > themselves for me to scrape/analyze? > > Additionally, I know there is pretty good data on affidavits of candidates > to parliament but is there such data on candidates to the state assemblies > as well? > > Thank you in advance for your help and attention! > > Best, > Eduardo > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/090fc411-1ed0-470e-a879-6a414fc4be4fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/090fc411-1ed0-470e-a879-6a414fc4be4fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/710694E4-9E23-48AE-9708-E72EBD52C312%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/710694E4-9E23-48AE-9708-E72EBD52C312%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CAH9A_AOC3LRhZnDaQB749Qb9i5qfyFkSRhhJ28FeUsX%2BXWGp8A%40mail.gmail.com.
