Elections as a Complex System: Margins, Voter Turnouts and Universality

This 13-minute talk explores elections as complex systems, examining margins, voter turnouts, and universality principles as part of the 10th Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting. Presented by M S Santhanam at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, the lecture contributes to the interdisciplinary application of statistical physics to social phenomena. Gain insights into how mathematical and statistical approaches can analyze electoral patterns within the broader context of complex systems. The discussion meeting, scheduled for April 23-25, 2025 at the Ramanujan Lecture Hall in ICTS Bengaluru, brings together scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from across India working in statistical physics, covering topics from mathematical aspects and out-of-equilibrium systems to applications in biological physics, soft matter, and interdisciplinary complex systems.