Election Data
- Elections IndiaContains detailed election results and data for over time for all constituencies and most subnational authorities.
- 2019 Lok Sabha Elections (Wikipedia)This Wikipedia page is probably the best page for up to date polling data, at the national and most subnational levels. Numerous links to sources (although not the underlying data for secondary analysis). Note that there are also pages dedicated to elections that are also occurring in the various states
Indiastat
Indiastat provides statistics on India in the following categories at different administrative levels (you can view them online or download into Excel format): Administrative Units, Agriculture, Banks and Financial Institutions, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Companies, Cooperatives, Crime and Law, Demographics, Economy, Education, Electoral Data, Environment and Pollution, Foreign Trade, Forest and Wildlife, Geographics, Health, Houses and Households, Industries, Insurance, Labour and Workforce, Market Forecast, Media, Meteorological Information, Mines and Minerals, Per Capita Availability, Petroleum, Power, Social and Welfare Schemes, Sports, States and Union Territories, Telecommunication, Tourism, Transport, Urban Areas, Villages.
Statista is another great source for quick, accessible data (analyzed, not raw) on a variety of topics. For example, check out this "dossier" on social media usage in India.
Major Economic and Financial Resources
- The following data sources are particularly useful for social, economic and political data
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- World Development Indicators (World Bank)
- World Bank Data Catalog
- IMF Balance of Payments Statistics (via the IMF's eLibrary)
- IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (via the IMF's eLibrary)
- IMF Government Finance Statistics (via the IMF's eLibrary)
- IMF International Financial Statistics (via the IMF's eLibrary)
- OECD iLibrary (OECD)
- Comtrade (United Nations)
- World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
- UNData