Press Release: Chennai Voter Priorities and Government Performance - Tamil Nadu Voter Survey 2016
ADR India
A survey of over 16,000 respondents was done in every constituency of Tamil Nadu ending in February 2016. This is the largest survey done so far in the State. The purpose of the survey is to find out what voters really want from the Government and how they rate the performance on the issues that are important to them. In later Press releases we will send constituency wise information. The survey was done by the Association for Democratic reforms (ADR), a non-political organization that works all over India to help improve elections and democracy.
Voter Priorities:
When asked for their top three priorities, they said that Traffic Congestion, Water and Air Pollution and Noise Pollution were the top priorities. The Table below gives the percentage of people who said that the issue was one of the top three priorities for them. So 48.08% of voters said that Traffic Congestion was one of the top three priorities for them, 34.84% of voters said that for Water and Air Pollution, and 33.73% for Noise Pollution. Clearly they show that issues of traffic and pollution are the top priorities for them. About 83% of voters gave one of these three as their top priority.
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Row Labels |
% voters |
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Traffic congestion |
48.08% |
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Water and Air pollution |
34.84% |
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Noise pollution |
33.73% |
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Better employment opportunities |
21.97% |
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Lower food prices for consumers |
20.85% |
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Facility for cyclists and pedestrians on roads |
17.95% |
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Training for jobs |
12.87% |
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Empowerment of women and security |
11.32% |
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Mining/Quarrying |
10.52% |
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Better law and order/Policing |
10.46% |
Better employment opportunities, lower food prices and facility for cyclists and pedestrians were also among the top priorities.
It is also interesting to note what issues were not priorities for them. For instance reservation for jobs, education, terrorism, strong military, corruption, were not top priorities.
Performance Rating of Government
Among the worst rated performance was on Traffic Congestion and Pollution. These unfortunately are among the top 3 priorities for the people. There were a total of 25 issues for which they gave priorities and then rated Government’s performance. Thus for the top three priorities, Traffic Congestion was ranked 24th and Noise Pollution was ranked 21st out of 25, Better Employment Opportunities 12th, and Drinking Water 23rd . So high priority issues for voters had very bad performance.
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Rural Performance |
Score |
Rank |
% of Voters |
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Better hospital/Primary health care centres |
2.58 |
17 |
19.56% |
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Drinking water |
1.69 |
23 |
11.64% |
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others (Specify) |
2.99 |
13 |
25.67% |
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Facility for cyclists and pedestrians on roads |
1.45 |
25 |
9.73% |
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Better employment opportunities |
3.05 |
12 |
35.11% |
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Traffic congestion |
1.60 |
24 |
7.35% |
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Better law and order/Policing |
3.15 |
11 |
21.28% |
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Mining/Quarrying |
2.52 |
18 |
8.40% |
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Agriculture subsidy for seeds & fertilisers |
1.85 |
22 |
7.82% |
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Noise pollution |
2.16 |
21 |
7.54% |
Conclusions
If voters expect good performance from the Government, they are likely to
be disappointed. In democracy as played out today, one party has to merely
defeat the other party, not necessarily deliver good governance. To win they
seem to resort to freebies for voters rather than deliver good governance.
Please see the attached report for full analysis.
Thanks & Regards
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