Dear Reader,

Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to reflect. Over the last few months, while much of the election conversation revolved around rallies and political spectacle, Scroll went deeper to document the shifts defining Indian democracy.

We travelled across poll-bound states to go beyond campaign slogans. Our reporting focused on the systems and social tensions influencing the election long before votes were cast. In West Bengal, Anant Gupta tracked the heavy human toll of the State Identification Register, while in Assam, Rokibuz Zaman provided an essential look at the mechanics of power.

Now that the results are out, our work continues. We have broken down the verdict, revealing, for instance, how SIR deletions outnumbered victory margins in many Bengal seats, and reported on the aftermath, from post-poll violence in Kolkata to the new political forces emerging in Tamil Nadu.

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