<h3><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/rohit-ticku/riot-rewards-bjps-vote-sh_b_8344558.html?utm_hp_ref=india" data-beacon='{"p":{"lnid":"hdln"}}'>Riot Rewards: BJP's Vote Share Increases After Hindu-Muslim Clashes</a></h3>

Riot variables have a positive and statistically significant effect on BJP's vote share. For example, a one percent increase in the number of riots in a district improves BJP's vote share by 4.4 percent. Similarly, a percent increase in the number of people killed in riots within a district increase BJP's vote share by 2.9 percent.