Q1: Opinion on Electronic Voting Machine(EVM)
1 = Method of machine
2 = Method of ballot paper
3 = Cannot say(first time voted)
4 = No difference
8 = D.K.

Q2: Were you able to vote?
1 = Not abled to vote
2 = Able to vote
8 = D.K.

Q2c: (If voted) When did you finally make up your mind about who to vote for?
1 = On the day of voting
2 = A day or two before voting
3 = During the campaign
4 = Before the campaign started
8 = DK
9 = NA

Q2d: (If not voted) What was the main reason due to which you could not vote in this election?
1 = Out of station
2 = Not well
3 = No interest
4 = Prevented
5 = No identity card
7 = Others
8 = DK
9 = NA

Q3: (If voted), Did the election officers correctly put the mark on your fingure?
1 = Mark not found
2 = Mark found
8 = Could not check
9 = NA

Q4: After the election who would you prefer as the next Prime Minister of India?
1 = Sonia Gandhi
2 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3 = George Fernandes
4 = Chandrashekhar
5 = Jyoti Basu
6 = Mayawati
7 = Sharad Pawer
8 = H.D. Deve Gowda
10 = Any one from Cong.
11 = Manmohan Singh
12 = Priyanka Gandhi
13 = Rahul Gandhi
14 = P.V. Narasimha Rao
17 = N.D. Tiwari
18 = Arjun Singh
19 = Pranab Mukherjee
20 = Any one from BJP
21 = L.K. Advani
22 = Bal Thackeray
24 = Pramod Mahajan
25 = Narendra Modi
26 = Arun Jaitly
28 = Sushma Swaraj
30 = Mulayam Singh Yadav
39 = Amar Singh
43 = Budhodev Bhattacharya
44 = Nitish Kumar
45 = Laloo Prasad Yadav
46 = Chandrababu Naidu
47 = M. Karunanidhi
48 = J. Jayalalitha
97 = Others
98 = DK
99 = NA

Q5: Were you able to vote in Lok Sabha 1999?
1 = No
2 = Yes
8 = Do not remember

Q6: How interest were you in the election campaign in this election?
1 = Not at all
2 = Somewhat
3 = Great deal
8 = DK

Q7a: During the election were you attended election meetings?
1 = No
2 = Yes

Q8: Did any candidate, party worker or canvasser come to your house during the campaign to ask for your vote?
1 = No
2 = Yes
8 = DK

Q9: In deciding whom to vote for, whose opinion mattered to you most?
1 = Spouse
2 = Other family members
3 = Caste/Community leaders
4 = Friends
5 = Co-workers/colleagues
6 = Voted own
7 = Others
8 = D.K.

Q10: While voting, what is the most important consideration for you?
1 = Candidate
2 = Party
3 = Caste/community
4 = Something else
8 = DK

Q12: What is your opinion about the NDA government during the last five years?
1 = Fully dissatisfied
2 = Somewhat dissatisfied
3 = Somewhat satisfied
4 = Fully satisfied
8 = DK

Q13a: For curbing corruption which party is better?
1 = Congress
2 = BJP
3 = No difference
8 = No opinion

Q14: Leaving aside the period of elections, how much interest would you say you have in politics and public affairs?
1 = No interest
2 = Some interest
3 = Great deal
8 = DK

Q20a: Do you think Curbing corruption had improved or deteriorated?
1 = Deteriorated
2 = Same as before
3 = Improved
8 = No opinion

Q21: Do you think your vote has effect on how things are run in this country?
1 = Has no effect
2 = Has effect
8 = DK

Q22: What would you say, should the agitiation of Kashmir problem be supressed or resolved through negotiation
1 = Should be supressed
2 = Resolved through negotiation
3 = Not heard
7 = Others
8 = DK

Q23: What is your opinion about democracy?
1 = Democracy is better
2 = Dictatorship is better
3 = Makes no difference
8 = DK

Q24a: We should be loyal to our own region first and then to the country. Do you agree....?
1 = Fully disagree
2 = Somewhat disagree
3 = Somewhat agree
4 = Fully agree
8 = No opinion

Q25: While voting in this election, what mattared to you the most?
1 = Central Govt. in Delhi
2 = State Govt.
3 = Both
4 = Interested in neither
7 = Others
8 = DK

Q26: What is your opinion about a coalition Govt.?
1 = Nothing wrong in it
2 = No alternative to coalition
3 = No coalition Govt.
8 = DK

Q28: Now thinking of the people like you, to which class would you say you belong?
1 = Middle class
2 = Working Class
7 = Others
9 = NA

Q29: What is your opinion, the whole country has become prosperous, only rich have benifited or no one has benifited?
1 = Prosperity has come
2 = Only rich have benefited
3 = No one has benifited
8 = DK

Q31: During the past five years, has your financial situation improved?
1 = Worsened
2 = Same
3 = Improved
8 = DK

Q33: Do you expect that your financial condition will improve or not in the next few years?
1 = Worsened
2 = Remain the same
3 = Improved
8 = DK

Q34a: How often do you pray (puja,namaz)?
1 = Never
2 = On festivals
3 = Weekly
4 = Daily

Q34a(a): How often do you particapte in kathas, sangats etc...
1 = Never
2 = Rarely
3 = Occassionally
4 = Frequently

Q35: During the past ten years has your or your family engagement in religious activities increased or not?
1 = Decreased
2 = Same as before
3 = Increased
8 = DK

Q37a: Has any effect on your decision while voting if Sonia Gandhi was not the leader of the Congress?
1 = No effect
2 = Would have effect
8 = DK
9 = NA

Q37b: What would have been the change in your voting decision?
1 = BJP to Congress
2 = Other party to Congress
3 = Congress to BJP
4 = Congress to Other party
8 = DK
9 = NA

Q38b: What would have been the change in your voting decision?
1 = Congress to BJP
2 = Other party to BJP
3 = BJP to Congress
4 = BJP to Other party
8 = DK
9 = NA

Q39a: (If yes) Mostly who were killed in the Godhra incident?
1 = Hindus
2 = Muslims
3 = Both
8 = DK
9 = NA

Q41: Who do you think was primarily responsible for the riots of Gujarat?
1 = The Govt.
2 = Muslim extremist
3 = Hindu extremist
7 = Others
8 = DK

Q42: What do you feel the way elections are conducted in India?
1 = Not at all fair
2 = Somewhat fair
3 = Fair
8 = DK

Q43: Do you think in this election things like rigging, fraud and other mal practices have increased or decreased?
1 = Increased
2 = Same as before
3 = Decreased
4 = Malpractices never take place
8 = DK

Q44a (If yes), How often do you read the newspaper?
1 = Daily
2 = Often
3 = Once in a while
9 = NA

Q45a: Which newspapers do you read (1st)?
1 = Hindustan Times
2 = Times of India
3 = Indian Express
4 = The Hindu
5 = Asian Age
6 = Pioneer
7 = Tribune
8 = The Telegraph
9 = Deccan Herald
10 = New Indian Express
11 = Economic Times
12 = Business Standard
13 = Financial Express
20 = Dainik Bhaskar
21 = Dainik Jagran
22 = Nav Bharat Times
23 = Dainik Hindustan
24 = Jansatta
25 = Amar Ujala
26 = Punjab Kesri
27 = Rashtriya Sahara
28 = Sahara Samay
29 = Dainik Tribune
31 = Haribhumi
32 = Divya Himachal
97 = Others
98 = DK
99 = NA

Q46a: (If yes) How often do you listen to news on the radio?
1 = Daily
2 = Often
3 = Once in a while
4 = Never
9 = NA

Q48: Which source did you trust most for election related news?
1 = None
2 = T.V.
3 = Newspaper
4 = Radio
9 = NA

Q49: How many matches did you watch on television or listened to the commentry on the radio?
1 = Allmost all
2 = Mostly
3 = Few
4 = None
8 = DK

Q52: How satisfied are you with the work of your M.P. in the last five years?
1 = Fully dissatisfied
2 = Somewhat dissatisfied
3 = Somewhat Satisfied
4 = Fully Satisfied
8 = DK

Q53: Traditional party supporter
1 = Congress supporter
2 = BJP
3 = HVC
5 = Supporter of no particular party
7 = Others
8 = DK

Q54: What is your opinion about the performance of the Congress Govt. over the past half and one years in Himachal Pradesh?
1 = Highly dissatisfied
2 = Somewhat dissatisfied
3 = Somewhat satisfied
4 = Fully Satisfied
8 = DK

Q55: Who would you prefer as the next Chief Minister in Himachal Pradesh?
1 = Virbhadra Singh
2 = Vidya Stokes
3 = Shanta Kumar
4 = Prem Kumar Dhumal
5 = Sukh Ram
97 = Others
98 = DK
99 = NA

Q57a: Vir Bhadra Singh as a leader.......
1 = Bad
2 = So-so
3 = Good
4 = Very good
8 = DK

Q58: What is opinion on which govt. was better Congress or BJP?
1 = Congress
2 = BJP
3 = Both
8 = DK

Q59: Has the return of Sukh Ram to the Congress increased your support for the Congress or not?
1 = Increased support
2 = Decreased support
3 = Makes no difference
8 = DK

Q60: Do you feel that in the development of Himachal Pradesh the areas of new Himachal have been neglected?
1 = Has been neglected
2 = Equal attention has been paid
8 = DK

B1: How long have you lived in this village/town?
1 = Less than 10 years
2 = Ten years or more
3 = Entire life

B1a: Where did your grand parents live?
1 = 1: Andhra Pradesh
2 = 2: Arunachal Pradesh
3 = 3: Assam
4 = 4: Bihar
5 = 5: Goa
6 = 6: Gujarat
7 = 7: Haryana
8 = 8: Himachal Pradesh
9 = 9: Jammu & Kashmir
10 = 10: Karnataka
11 = 11: Kerala
12 = 12: Madhya Pradesh
13 = 13: Maharashtra
14 = 14: Manipur
15 = 15: Meghalaya
16 = 16: Mizoram
17 = 17: Nagaland
18 = 18: Orissa
19 = 19: Punjab
20 = 20: Rajasthan
21 = 21: Sikkim
22 = 22: Tamil Nadu
23 = 23: Tripura
24 = 24: Uttar Pradesh
25 = 25: West Bengal
27 = 27: Chandigarh
30 = 30: Delhi
32 = 32: Pondicherry
33 = 33: Jharkhand
34 = 34: Chhattisgarh
35 = 35: Uttaranchal
51 = Bangladesh
80 = Pakistan
90 = Other countries
99 = NA

B3: Gender
1 = Male
2 = Female

B4: Label of Education (Respondent)
0 = Non literate
1 = Below Primary
2 = Primary pass/Middle fail
3 = Middle pass/Matric fail
4 = Matric
5 = College no-degree
6 = Graduate
7 = Post Graduate
8 = Professional degrees
9 = NA

B6a: Caste group
1 = SC
2 = ST
3 = OBC
4 = Others

B7: Religion
1 = Hindu
2 = Muslim
3 = Christian
4 = Sikh
5 = Buddhist
6 = Jain
7 = Parsi
8 = Others

B8a: How well can you understand and speak English
1 = Very Well
2 = Little
3 = Not at all
9 = NA

B9: Have you got a voter photo identity card
1 = No card, not photographed
2 = Photographed, but card not issued
3 = Card issued but defective
4 = Yes R has proper card
5 = Card issued but lost
6 = Others

B10: Locality
1 = Village
2 = Town(Below 1 Lakh)
3 = City (above 1 Lakh)
4 = Big city(above 10 lakhs)

B10a: (If Town/City) Type of house
0 = NA
1 = House/Flat with 4 or more bedrooms
2 = House/Flat with 3 or 4 Bedrooms
3 = House/Flat with 3 bedrooms
4 = House/flats with 2 pucca rooms (with kitchen)
5 = House/Flat with 2 pucca rooms(Without kitchen
6 = House with 1 pucca rooms(With kitchen)
7 = House with 1 pucca rooms(without kitchen
8 = Mainly Kutcha house
9 = Slum/JJ/Fully Kutcha

B10b: (If Village), Type of House
1 = Pucca
2 = Pucca-Kutcha
3 = Kutcha
4 = Hut
9 = NA

B12: Number of rooms used in the household
0 = No rooms/NA
1 = One
2 = Two
3 = Three
4 = Four
5 = Five
6 = Six
7 = Seven
8 = Eight
9 = Nine and above

B13a: Total number of family member(Adult)
0 = Blank/NA
1 = One
2 = Two
3 = Three
4 = Four
5 = Five
6 = Six
7 = Seven
8 = Eight
9 = Nine and above

B15a: Car/Jeep/Van
0 = No cars/NA
1 = One
2 = Two
3 = Three
4 = Four
5 = Five
6 = Six
7 = Seven
8 = Eight
9 = Nine and above

B15b: Tractor
0 = No
1 = Yes

B15c: Colour or B/W Television
0 = No
1 = B/W
2 = Colour

B16: Most important source of drinking water
1 = Tap inside the house
2 = Tap outside the house
3 = Tube well
4 = Well
5 = Hand pump
6 = Natural source
7 = Others

B17: Most important source of lighting
1 = Electricity
2 = Kerosene
3 = No lighting
4 = Others

B18: Most important sources of fuel used for cooking
1 = LPG/Gas
2 = Electricity
3 = Kerosene
4 = Coal
5 = Others bought
6 = Others not bought
7 = Others

B19: Total monthly household income
1 = Up to Rs. 1000
2 = Rs. 1001- Rs. 2000
3 = Rs. 2001- Rs. 3000
4 = Rs. 3001- Rs. 4000
5 = Rs. 4001- Rs. 5000
6 = Rs. 5001- Rs. 10,000
7 = Rs. 10,001- Rs. 20,000
8 = Rs. 20,001 and above
9 = NA

1 = Very cooperative
2 = Somewhat cooperative
3 = Not at all cooperative
9 = NA