psephology for 26 August 2025

Psephology Latest News

The Supreme Court recently stayed criminal proceedings initiated against psephologist Sanjay Kumar for a social media post concerning an erroneous analysis of the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election.

About Psephology

• Psephology is a branch of political science that deals with the scientific analysis of elections or polls.
• This field is dedicated to offering a meticulous quantitative analysis of elections. 
• The toolbox of psephology encompasses a variety of instruments employed for the statistical examination of election data. 
• These invaluable tools include voting data, opinion polls, campaign insights, and related datasets. 
• Those who wield the expertise of psephology are known as Psephologists.
• Psephologists study the patterns of elections, using past voting figures and their percentage, public opinion polls and other related information. 
• They estimate the results of the public opinion for the future elections using statistical applications. 
• India does not have an actual post called ‘Psephologist’. 
• However, some major parties have in-house analysts who can be called Psephologists. 
• Several accomplished media editors, political analysts, and marketing research scientists double up as Psephologists.

Source: TH