Noyonika Das is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. She holds a Master’s degree in Society and Culture and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. She is a part of the EVAP project and focuses her research on election violence in India. She is investigating the role of political elites and nonstate actors in establishing electoral control which often involve a diverse repertoire of violence strategies.

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Keywords and research expertise

• Conflict and Contentious Politics
• Election Violence

Current research projects

Noyonika’s doctoral dissertation examines the ways in which political parties build electoral control coercively. The thesis explores the many violent strategies employed by political parties to manipulate electoral outcomes and to consolidate partisan control. Noyonika draws on both quantitative and qualtitatative research methods to understand violent forms partisan mobilization and demobilization. The study aims to contribute to the research on local politics and decentralization by providing a systematic account of violence during local elections.