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METHODOLOGY

How we score Indian politicians

NétaTrack generates a composite accountability score (0–100) for each Member of Parliament by combining six independently weighted dimensions. When a dimension has no data for a politician, its weight is redistributed proportionally across the remaining dimensions — so the score always reflects only what is measurable.

Scoring dimensions

Parliamentary
25%

Attendance (50%) + questions raised (25%) + debates (15%) + bills introduced (10%). Questions capped at 20, debates at 10, bills at 3 for full marks.

SOURCE: PRS India, Lok Sabha Secretariat

Integrity
25%

Starts at 100. Deductions per criminal case: heinous pending/convicted −25 pts, serious −15 pts, minor −5 pts. Acquitted and charges-dropped cases are ignored.

SOURCE: ECI Form 26 affidavits

Promises
20%

fulfilled = 1.0, partial = 0.5, in_progress = 0.25, broken = 0.0. Pending promises are excluded from the denominator.

SOURCE: Manually curated

Funding
15%

100 − (opaque funding ÷ total funding × 100). Opaque donor types: electoral bond, foreign, unknown.

SOURCE: ECI electoral bonds data

Alignment
10%

Percentage of recorded votes matching the declared party whip direction.

SOURCE: Lok Sabha voting records

SpectrumCOMING SOON
5%

Reserved — methodology under research. Always null in v1.

SOURCE: —

Weight re-normalisation: If a politician has no parliamentary data, the 25% parliamentary weight is redistributed to the remaining scored dimensions in proportion to their original weights. For example, if only integrity and funding scores exist, integrity receives 25 ÷ (25 + 15) × 100% = 62.5% of the composite weight.

Data sources

PRS India ↗

Parliamentary attendance rates, questions raised, debates participated, bills introduced

Lok Sabha Secretariat ↗

Official MP roster, session records, voting data

ECI — Form 26 Affidavits ↗

Criminal case self-disclosures and asset declarations filed by candidates

ECI Electoral Bonds Data ↗

Donor names and amounts for electoral bonds redeemed by parties (released under Supreme Court order, March 2024)

Limitations & caveats

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    Scores reflect only disclosed or publicly available data — unreported activity is not penalised.

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    The promises dimension is manually curated and incomplete; most politicians have no promise records yet.

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    The spectrum dimension is reserved — no left-right score is assigned in v1.

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    Data last updated: March 2026.

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    Criminal cases are sourced from candidate self-declarations; cases filed after the last election affidavit may not be captured.

Acknowledgements

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    Built with Next.js, Supabase, and Tailwind CSS — open-source tools.

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    ECI data used under the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP).

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    NétaTrack is an independent civic transparency project — not affiliated with any political party, government body, or media organisation.