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Do big election rallies matter?
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Last Updated: May 16, 2021, 10:59 PM IST
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When the Brigade Parade Ground in the heart of Kolkata was almost full during the Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front Sanyukta Morcha rally on Februay 28, little could people its critics included imagine that the Left Front, which had ruled the state for 34 long years at a stretch until only a
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The writer is professor of statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
When the Brigade Parade Ground in the heart of Kolkata was almost full during the Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front Sanyukta Morcha rally on Februay 28, little could people its critics included imagine that the Left Front, which had ruled the state for 34 long years at a stretch until only a decade ago, would draw a blank in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections. However, this would be a good time to examine whether huge rallies a traditional electoral yardstick actually correlate to support o