Maps, Delimitation, and Gerrymandering with Python

Description:

Census data is available by district. MPs and MLAs are elected by constituencies.

If an MP or an MLA asks a simple question: "How many Muslims voters are in my constituency," the answer is surprisingly difficult to find out -- because constituencies and districts don't align.

Making a simple assumption (that people are uniformly distributed unless otherwise specified), we can use tools like geopandas to merge data across 2 maps

% of Muslim voters by constituency

This talk explains:

• How to read and process map data
• How to use the reshaper library to merge data across maps
• Where to find maps in India. (Short answer: Ask at datameet)

Prerequisites:

• Working knowledge of Python
• Curiosity about maps
• Optimism about the future of India (to counter some of the hard facts you'll hear)

Content URLs:

https://github.com/gramener/reshaper

Speaker Info:

Anand is a co-founder of Gramener. He leads a team who tell beautiful visual data stories.

Speaker Links:

• Talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHCH16htawZbR_-mIqfGmYbhE5S2UckOh
• Website: http://www.s-anand.net/