Document History

Original Publish Date: 10th August 2021

Updated on: 21 November, 2021

DEBATES ANALYSIS

It contains 27047 debates

##    Lok Sabha Session Debates Numbers
## 1:              15th           11216
## 2:              16th           15831

Main variables

##  [1] "V1"                                  
##  [2] "MP name"                             
##  [3] "Nature of membership"                
##  [4] "Start of term"                       
##  [5] "End of term"                         
##  [6] "State"                               
##  [7] "Constituency"                        
##  [8] "Political party"                     
##  [9] "Gender"                              
## [10] "Age"                                 
## [11] "Educational qualifications"          
## [12] "Educational qualifications - details"
## [13] "Attendance"                          
## [14] "Questions"                           
## [15] "Debates"                             
## [16] "Private Member Bills"                
## [17] "Session"

TOP 5 TYPE OF DEBATES

15th LOKSABHA

Type of Debate number
MATTERS UNDER RULE-377 3876
SPECIAL MENTION 3124
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 1085
STATEMENT BY MINISTER 592
GOVERNMENT BILLS 401

16th LOKSABHA

Type of Debate Number
SPECIAL MENTION 4324
MATTERS UNDER RULE-377 3034
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 833
PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS 812
STATEMENT BY MINISTER 421

State Level Debate Analysis

Breakup by State Number of Debates

MEDIAN NUMBER OF DEBATES STATE WISE(15th LOKSABHA)

MEDIAN NUMBER OF DEBATES STATE WISE(16th LOKSABHA)

GENDER WISE PARTICIPATION IN DEBATES(MEDIAN)

Overall

Gender Debates
Female 29.5
Male 24.0

15th Lok Sabha

Gender Debates
Female 25.5
Male 24.0

16th Lok Sabha

Gender Debates
Female 33.5
Male 25.0

TOP MPs PARTICIPATION IN DEBATES

Overall

15th Lok Sabha(TOP 5)

MP name State Debates
Arjun Ram Meghwal Rajasthan 430
Shailendra Kumar Uttar Pradesh 353
Jhansi Botcha Lakshmi Andhra Pradesh 292
P.L. Punia Uttar Pradesh 289
Bhartruhari Mahtab Orissa 234

16th Lok Sabha

MP name State Debates
Bhairon Prasad Mishra Uttar Pradesh 1722
Pushpendra Singh Chandel Uttar Pradesh 1563
Sharad Tripathi Uttar Pradesh 540
Chandra Prakash Joshi Rajasthan 365
P.P. Chaudhary Rajasthan 359

EDUCATION OF MPs WHO PARTICIPATED IN DEBATES(Median)

Overall

Education Debates
Post Graduate 37.0
Doctorate 36.0
Graduate 25.0
12th pass 22.0
10th pass 17.5
<10th 16.0
others 6.0

15th Lok Sabha

Education Debates
Doctorate 53.0
others 49.0
Post Graduate 32.0
Graduate 26.0
12th pass 22.0
10th pass 15.0
<10th 13.5

16th Lok Sabha

Education Debates
Post Graduate 45
Doctorate 30
12th pass 28
Graduate 24
<10th 22
10th pass 21
others 6

AGE OF MPs WHO PARTICIPATED IN DEBATES(Median)

Overall

Age_Categorical Debates
20-30 36.0
41-50 29.0
61-70 28.0
51-60 26.0
31-40 17.0
71+ 12.5

15th Lok Sabha

Age_Categorical Debates
61-70 28.0
71+ 27.0
41-50 26.0
51-60 25.0
31-40 19.0
20-30 10.5

16th Lok Sabha

Age_Categorical Debates
20-30 49.0
41-50 31.5
51-60 31.5
61-70 28.0
31-40 16.0
71+ 7.0

SEAT RESERVATION OF MPs WHO PARTICIPATED IN DEBATES(Median)

15th Lok Sabha

Constituency_Type Debates Session
SC 31 15
GEN 25 15
ST 10 15

16th Lok Sabha

Constituency_Type Debates Session
GEN 29.0 16
SC 22.5 16
ST 11.0 16

PARTY WISE PARTICIPATION IN DEBATES

Overall

15th Lok Sabha

16th Lok Sabha

DENSITY PLOT DEBATES

ALL SESSIONS

15th LOK SABHA SESSIon

16th Lok Sabha Session

REGRESSION

Dependent variable:
Debates
(1) (2)
Age -0.659 -0.656
(0.431) (0.459)
Education10th pass 13.726 23.543
(30.484) (32.601)
Education12th pass 3.165 15.165
(36.481) (38.867)
EducationGraduate -1.312 6.209
(28.604) (30.610)
EducationPost Graduate 34.077 38.445
(29.206) (31.276)
EducationDoctorate -5.567 -1.279
(34.103) (36.087)
Educationothers -4.762 4.767
(46.781) (48.870)
Attendance_New 1.484*** 1.530***
(0.308) (0.346)
Constituency_TypeSC -24.647* -26.350*
(14.123) (14.712)
Constituency_TypeST -36.353** -34.675*
(17.947) (20.812)
GenderMale 12.978 11.506
(15.654) (16.577)
log(Electors) 4.494 1.185
(17.354) (42.979)
Turnout_Percentage -0.509 -0.884
(0.514) (0.917)
factor(Incumbent) 1.601 -2.898
(11.065) (12.368)
factor(Turncoat) 24.045 26.767
(16.067) (18.364)
Fixed effects State
Observations 528 528
R2 0.093 0.121
Adjusted R2 0.066 0.029
Residual Std. Error 112.393 (df = 512) 114.612 (df = 477)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

NO. OF TIMES WORDS USED

PERCENTAGE OF DEBATES

PERCENTAGE OF LANGUAGE OF DEBATES(HINDI/ENGLISH)