V1: Assembly Constituencies
5 = 05: TEHRI
10 = 10: CHAKRATA (ST)
14 = 14: DEHRADUN
18 = 18: DOIWALA
22 = 22: MANGLOR
26 = 26: HARDWAR
32 = 32: LANSDOWNE
38 = 38: BADRINATH
44 = 44: BAGESHWAR
51 = 51: JAGESHWAR
55 = 55: NAINITAL
59 = 59: BAJPUR
62 = 62: SITARGANJ(SC)
68 = 68: DIDIHAT

Q1: While talking with people about the recently held assembly elections in Uttaranchal we came to know that some people were able to cast their vote but some people could not. What about yourself? Were you able to vote or not?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't know

Q1a: (If Yes) Whom did you vote for?
1 = 01: Congress
2 = 02: BJP
3 = 03: JD(U)
4 = 04: CPI
5 = 05: CPI(M)
6 = 06: BSP
8 = 08: Independent
9 = 09: Others
16 = 16: NCP(Pawer)
17 = 17: Lok Dal (Ajit)
33 = 33: SP (Mulayam)
34 = 34: Samta
41 = 41: RSP
42 = 42: CPI(ML)
54 = 54: INLD
55 = 55: SAD(B)
56 = 56: SAD(A)(MANN)
57 = 57: SHSAD(Tohra)
58 = 58: LBP
59 = 59: UJVP
60 = 60: UKD
61 = 61: ULV
62 = 62: MPP
63 = 63: FPM
64 = 64: MSCP
65 = 65: MNC
66 = 66: DRPP
67 = 67: NNLP
80 = 80: UJP
98 = 98: Don't know
99 = 99: NA

Q1b: (If voted) When did you finally make up your mind about whom to vote?
1 = 1: Day of voting
2 = 2: After declaration of candidates
3 = 3: Before start of election campaign
8 = 8: Cant say/Don't know
9 = 9: N.A.

Q1c: (If not voted) What is the main reason because of which you could not cast your vote during this election?
1 = 1: Did not know that I was a voter
2 = 2: Out of Station
3 = 3: Not Well
4 = 4: No interest/did not fall like voting
5 = 5: Prevented from voting by some people
6 = 6: Somebody had already voted
7 = 7: Fear of poll violence
8 = 8: Others
9 = 9: N.A.

Q2: Now I will ask you about the 1999 Lok Sabha elections were you able to cast your vote or not?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow
9 = 9: Not a voter

Q2a: (If Yes) Whom did you vote for?
1 = 1: Congress
2 = 02: BJP
3 = 03: JD(U)
4 = 04: CPI
5 = 05: CPI(M)
6 = 06: BSP
8 = 08: Independent
9 = 09: Others
16 = 16: NCP(Pawer)
17 = 17: Lok Dal (Ajit)
33 = 33: SP (Mulayam)
34 = 34: Samta
41 = 41: RSP
42 = 42: CPI(ML)
54 = 54: INLD
55 = 55: SAD(B)
56 = 56: SAD(A)(MANN)
57 = 57: SHSAD(Tohra)
58 = 58: LBP
59 = 59: UJVP
60 = 60: UKD
61 = 61: ULV
62 = 62: MPP
63 = 63: FPM
64 = 64: MSCP
65 = 65: MNC
66 = 66: DRPP
67 = 67: NNLP
80 = 80: UJP
98 = 98: Don't know
99 = 99: NA

Q3: Voting do you give more importance to the party or to the candidate or to your caste community or something else??
1 = 1: Party
2 = 2: Candidate
3 = 3: Caste community
4 = 4: Something else
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q4: Now I will ask you about the election campaigning during this elections. How much interest did you have this time - a great deal or somewhat or not at all?
1 = 1: Not at all
2 = 2: Somewhat
3 = 3: Great Deal

Q5: During election campaigning parties and candidates organize various activities like meeting election meetings rallies etc. How many such meeting and rallies did you participate?
0 = 0: None
1 = 1: Some (one-two)
2 = 2: Many (more than two)
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q6: During election campaigning did any candidate, party worker or canvasser visited your house asking for your vote?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q8: What is your opinion about the over all performance of BJP coalition government at the centre (Delhi) during the last 3 years? Are you fully satisfied or somewhat satisfied or not at all satisfied?
1 = 1: Not at all Satisfied
2 = 2: Somewhat Satisfied
3 = 3: Very Satisfied
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q9: What is your opinion about the over all performance of BJP coalition government at Uttaranchal during the last 14 months? Are you fully satisfied or somewhat satisfied or not at all satisfied?
1 = 1: Very satisfied
2 = 2: Satisfied
3 = 3: Not Satisfied
4 = 4: Not at all satisfied
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q10: Who would you prefer as the next chief minister of Uttaranchal?
1 = 01: Nityanand Swami
2 = 02: B.S. Koshiari
3 = 03: Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
4 = 04: N.D. Tiwari
5 = 05: Ramesh P Nishank
6 = 06: Harish Rawat
7 = 07: Any one from Congress
8 = 08: Any one from BJP
9 = 09: Others
10 = 10: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q11: Which political party do you think is mainly instrumental in the nation of the new state of uttaranchal. Whether it is the BJP or uttarakhand Kranti Dal or any party?
1 = 1: BJP
2 = 2: UKKD
3 = 3: All Parties
4 = 4: People
5 = 5: Others
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q12: To what extent you satisfied with the creation of the new state - whether fully satisfied or somewhat satisfied or not at all satisfied with it?
1 = 1: Very Satisfied
2 = 2: Satisfied
3 = 3: Not Satisfied
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q13: It has been said that the movement for the creation of the sperate state of uttaranchal was selfborn and no political party or organisation provided it leadership. What is your opinion about it? Do you fully agree with it or somewhat agree with it or
1 = 1: Disagree
2 = 2: Somewhat Agree
3 = 3: Fully Agree
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q14: What is your opinion about Uttarakhand Kranti Dal? Do you consider it an opportunistic organisation or a group of committed workers or a movement led by excited youth?
1 = 1: An opportunist party
2 = 2: Party of Devoted workers
3 = 3: Party of Excited youth
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q16: Since the creation of the new state of uttaranchal there has been 2 chief ministers beginning with Nityanand Swami and then Bhagat singh according to you was the better chief minister amongst the two?
1 = 1: Nityanand Swami
2 = 2: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
3 = 3: Both
4 = 4: None
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q17: To what extent do you agree with the inclusion of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar distracts into the new state of uttaranchal? Do you fully agree with it or Somewhat agree with it or disagree with it?
1 = 1: Unjustified
2 = 2: Somewhat Justified
3 = 3: Fully Justified
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q18a: (If Yes) In your view what type of effect has taken place? Whether they have become more active or whether they has become less active it has no effect on them.
1 = 1: No effect
2 = 2: Less Active
3 = 3: More Active
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow
9 = 9: N.A.

Q20a: (If unjustified) Do you want the name of the new state Uttaranchal to be changed?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow
9 = 9: N.A.

Q22: What in your opinion was the main election issue during the just concluded elections?
1 = 1: Changing the capital of the state
2 = 2: Seperation in the State
3 = 3: Development of the state
4 = 4: An efficient Chief Minister
5 = 5: Others
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q24: Who is the MLA of your area?
1 = 1: Incorrect
2 = 2: Correct
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q25: About democracy people have opinion. Some people that a democratic gout is more preferable than others. But some people that in some special circumstances authoritarian gout is better than a democratic one, and some people believe that whether it is a
1 = 1: Democracy is prefereable
2 = 2: Sometimes Authorisation
3 = 3: Makes no difference
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q26: Do you think that your vote in the elections has any effect on the countrys governance or it makes no difference?
1 = 1: Makes no Difference
2 = 2: Others
3 = 3: Does effect
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q27a: (If yes) How many times do you offer it?
1 = 1: Only during festival
2 = 2: Occasionally
3 = 3: Once a week
4 = 4: Daily
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow
9 = 9: N.A.

Q28: How regularly do you read newspapers regularly, occassionlly, rarely or never?
1 = 1: Never
2 = 2: Rarely
3 = 3: Sometimes
4 = 4: Regularly

Q31: During the last few elections the party to whom you or your family members voted, which party do you consider yourself a committed supporter to be? Are you the supporter of either BJP or SP or BSP or INC or any other political party or a committed sup
1 = 1: BJP Supporter
2 = 2: Congress Supporter
3 = 3: BSP Supporter
4 = 4: SP Supporter
5 = 5: Supporter of any other party
6 = 6: Supporter of no particular party
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow

Q32a: (If Yes) What type of effect it had on your?
1 = 1: Changed from another party to BJP
2 = 2: Changed Back to BJP
3 = 3: Changed from BJP to another party
4 = 4: No change, but reinforced the earlier decision
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't kniow
9 = 9: N.A.

Q33: While casting your vote in the election booth did they electoral staff put on ink mark on your finger?
1 = 1: Voted but marked disappeared
2 = 2: Mark visible
3 = 3: Mark not visible
4 = 4: Could not confirm

B2: Gender
1 = 1: Male
2 = 2: Female

B3: What is your Marital Status?
1 = 1: Unmarried
2 = 2: Married
3 = 3: Divorced/separated
4 = 4: Widowed etc.

B4: What is your highest level of education
0 = 0: Non Literate
1 = 1: Below Primary
2 = 2: Middle Fail
3 = 3: Matric Fail
4 = 4: Matric
5 = 5: College No Degree
6 = 6: Graduate
7 = 7: Post Graduate
8 = 8: Professional Degree
9 = 9: N.A.

B8a: What is your Caste group?
1 = 1: Scheduled Caste(SC)
2 = 2: Scheduled Tribe(ST)
3 = 3: Other Backward Caste(OBC)
4 = 4: General/Others
9 = 9: N.A.

B9: Which religion do you follow?
1 = 1: Hindu
2 = 2: Muslim
3 = 3: Christian
4 = 4: Sikh
5 = 5: Buddhist
6 = 6: Jain
7 = 7: Parsi
8 = 8: Others
9 = 9: N.A.

B10: Area/Locality
1 = 1: Village
2 = 2: Town
3 = 3: City (1,00,000+)

B11a: Floor material
1 = 1: Mud
2 = 2: Wood/Bamboos
3 = 3: Brick
4 = 4: Stone
5 = 5: Cement
6 = 6: Mosaic/Floor Tiles
7 = 7: Others

B11b: Wall Material
1 = 1: Grass/Thatch/Bamboos etc.
2 = 2: Plastic/Polythene
3 = 3: Mud/Unburnt brick
4 = 4: Wood
5 = 5: G.I./Metal/Asbestos sheets
6 = 6: Burnt brick
7 = 7: Stone
8 = 8: Concrete
9 = 9: Others

B11c: Roof Material
1 = 1: Grass/Thatch/Bamboos/Wood/mud etc.
2 = 2: Plastic/Polythene
3 = 3: Tiles
4 = 4: Slate
5 = 5: G.I./Metal/Asbestos sheets
6 = 6: Brick
7 = 7: Stone
8 = 8: Concrete
9 = 9: Others

B12: Total number of rooms in this house
1 = 1: One
2 = 2: Two
3 = 3: Three
4 = 4: Four
5 = 5: Five
6 = 6: Six
7 = 7: Seven
8 = 8: Eight
9 = 9: Nine and above

B15a: Car/Jeep/Van
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes

B16:Most important source of Drinking Water
1 = 1: Tap
2 = 2: Hand Pump
3 = 3: Tubewell
4 = 4: Well
5 = 5: Tank/Pond
6 = 6: River/Canal
7 = 7: Spring
8 = 8: Others

B17: Most important source of lighting
1 = 1: Electricity
2 = 2: Kerosene
3 = 3: Solar/Gobar gas
4 = 4: Other oil
5 = 5: Others
6 = 6: No lighting

0 = 0: No cooking
1 = 1: Firewood
2 = 2: Crop residue
3 = 3: Cowdung cake
4 = 4: Coal/lignite/Charcoal
5 = 5: Kerosene
6 = 6: Lpg
7 = 7: Electricity
8 = 8: Bio Gas
9 = 9: Others