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State Party Slate Assessment

Scored every aspirant against the seat rather than against the leadership.

A confidential candidate assessment programme across a full state slate ahead of ticket distribution.

State Party 2021State party leadershipSouth India · 2021NDA anonymised

Short answer

How did Political Strategy Warfare approach the state party slate assessment?

A confidential candidate assessment programme across a full state slate ahead of ticket distribution.

Office
State party leadership
Region
South India
Year
2021
Services used
3
Engagement type
Confidential advisory
Duration
7 weeks
Deliverable
Slate recommendation
Access
Single named recipient

Starting position

Where the campaign began

A state party preparing ticket distribution across a full slate with multiple aspirants per seat and intense internal lobbying.

The challenge

What made it hard

Ticket decisions were being driven by proximity to leadership. Rebellion risk was unmeasured, and the party had no objective basis to refuse a well-connected but unwinnable aspirant.

Strategy deployed

What we decided

  1. 01

    Every seat classified by competitiveness so candidate requirements matched what the seat demanded.

  2. 02

    Aspirants scored on recognition, acceptability, organisational strength and public record.

  3. 03

    Ground acceptability tested by survey against named aspirants, including cross-community acceptability.

  4. 04

    Slate reviewed as a whole for social balance and rebellion risk.

Execution highlights

What we did

  • Assessment conducted without aspirants being informed they were being scored.
  • Delivery to a single named recipient under NDA.
  • Rebellion risk flags accompanied each recommendation with a suggested mitigation.

Result

What it produced

The party received an evidence base for ticket distribution. Adoption and outcome figures are confidential and are not published.

3 metrics are withheld on this case study pending client verification. We publish no figure that has not been confirmed by the client.

Services used

What was deployed

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