Skip to content
LokDishaLokDisha

Party profile

Aam Aadmi Party

Furthest from the middle on Welfare, toward Expansive state provision.

Where they stand

Aam Aadmi Party on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.

  • Welfare

    −8.0
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision
  • State-led developmentMarket-led development
  • Formal equalityGroup remedies
  • Nation

    +2.0
    PluralistMajoritarian
  • Civil libertiesStrong state
  • Culture

    −1.0
    Personal autonomyTraditional norms
  • CentreStates

The record, axis by axis

Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.

  1. Welfare

    −8.0
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision

    Placement confidencehigh

    200 free electricity units, 20kl free water, free bus travel for women, mohalla clinics, about a quarter of Delhi's budget on schools, replicated in Punjab

  2. State-led developmentMarket-led development

    Placement confidencemedium

    No nationalisation plank; low taxes, surplus budgets, an explicit trader constituency, and liquor retail liberalised under the 2021 excise policy

  3. Formal equalityGroup remedies

    Placement confidencelow

    Endorsed a caste census from 2023 without any quota-expansion programme; runs SC scholarships in Punjab

  4. Nation

    +2.0
    PluralistMajoritarian

    Placement confidencelow

    Voted for the Article 370 abrogation in the Rajya Sabha and funds Ayodhya pilgrimages, while opposing CAA and contesting Muslim-majority seats — the ambiguity is deliberate

  5. Civil libertiesStrong state

    Placement confidencelow

    Born from the Lokpal agitation and now the target of ED and CBI cases, while demanding the death penalty for rapists and control of Delhi Police

  6. Culture

    −1.0
    Personal autonomyTraditional norms

    Placement confidencelow

    No stated position on same-sex marriage; liberalised alcohol retail; keeps religion out of its school curriculum

  7. CentreStates

    Placement confidencemedium

    Delhi statehood, the Supreme Court fight over the 2023 Services Ordinance — but a two-state party without a general Centre-state doctrine

And where do you stand?

Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.

The other parties

The parties