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| Voting Behavior of Santal Tribal Community: A Case Study on Deopara Union of Godagari Upazila, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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Md. Rashiduzzaman and Md. Ashraful Islam
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Abstract:
In this research we have investigated the voting behavior of Santal tribal community in Bangladesh. The Santals are one of the most homespun communities in Bangladesh. The Santals are the second largest tribal group in Bangladesh. They usually live in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. They live isolated from mainland people, proper attention was never given to them. They are dominated and discriminated by the local majority communities: businessmen, landlords, political leaders. Poverty, landlessness, illiteracy and exploitation are their daily associates. Due to poverty and illiteracy they did not get a touch of political awareness, leadership and modernity. Due to this their active participation in politics at local and national level is not seen. But it is often seen that their vote play a vital role to elect representative in the election. But the real facts are yet to be discovered in spite of many works done in Santals culture, historyand socio-economic condition. There is a target to find out which issues they value in voting by random sampling among people of different age. The research has been carried out in Deopara union of Godagariupazilla of Rajshahidistrict in Bangladesh. We collected our data through a field survey in Santals community. The study argues that the Santals are day by day showing the mainstream political behavior. They are prioritizing party politics over local politics in terms of national election and vice versa on the local election. The dominance of their communal leader still cast a big shadow. However, as a emerging voter group Santals are receiving a considerable amount of priority by the political elite.
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