An increasing share of India's state-level politicians is made up of graduates.
Each of the three north-eastern states of Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya, which have been in election mode, had an equal or greater share of graduate candidates in their latest elections than in the previous one. It rose from 40 per cent in 2018 to 45 per cent in 2023 for Tripura, 57 per cent to 63 per cent in Meghalaya, while Nagaland retained a 70 per cent share for both years.
This trend is not unique to these states, shows a Business Standard analysis of candidate data from
