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electoral politics in post-Congress polity
This volume presents the picture of competitive politics in as many as 24 states of India. It addresses the issue of relationship between parliamentary election and assembly election as it evolved during 2008-2013. Making the best use of the National Election Study of 2009, the chapters in the book open before the reader the different patterns of party competition at the state level.
Introduction : normalization of the 'post-congress polity' / Suhas Palshikar, K.C. Suri and Yogendra Yadav -- Between fortuna and virtu : explaining congress' ambiguous victory in 2009 / Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar -- Modi's political craft and limping congress / Ghanshyam Shah and Mahashweta Jani -- Rajasthan : stable two-party competition / Sanjay Lodha -- Punjab : towards consolidation of a bipolar polity / Ashutosh Kumar and Jagroop Singh Sekhon -- Congress win reverses the trend of Lok Sabha elections in Haryana / Kushal Pal and Praveen Rai -- Himachal Pradesh : continued bi-party competition / Shreyas Sardesai -- 2009 Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir / Rekha Chowdhary -- Delhi elections : mandate for policy consonance / Biswajit Mohanty -- Uttarakhand : resurgence of the congress / Annpurna Nautiyal -- Uttar Pradesh : the ebb and flow of party support / Mirza Asmer Beg, Sudhir Kumar and A.K. Verma -- Bihar : development finally delivered / Sanjay Kumar and Rakesh Ranjan -- Permanent incumbency shattered : development dilemma and electoral choice in West Bengal / Jyotiprasad Chatterjee and Suprio Basu -- Sikkim : A case of dominance of the ruling party / Banasmita Bora -- Arunachal Pradesh : Ruling Party Syndrome / Nani Bath -- Nagaland : electoral politics amidst Insurgency / Amongla N. Jamir -- Meghalaya's Fluid Party Alignments / R.K. Satapathy -- Triumph for Congress in Assam / Sandhya Goswami -- Jharkhand : defies the national trend / Harishwar Dayal and B.K. Sinha -- Madhya Pradesh : unexpected gains for congress / Yatindra Singh Sisodia -- Chief Minister wins Chhattisgarh for BJP / Anupama Saxena and Pravin Rai -- Survival in the midst of decline : a decade of Congress Rule in Maharashtra, 1999-2009 / Suhas Palshikar, Rajeshwari Deshpande and Nitin Birmal -- Goa : decline of the North-South Divide? / Maria Do Ceu Rodrigues -- Karnataka -2008-09 : BJP penetrates the South / Sandeep Shastri and Veena Devi -- Andhra Pradesh : political shifts and electoral volatility / K.C. Suri, P. Narasimha Rao and V. Anji Reddy -- Kerala's electoral pendulum swings back and forth / K.M. Sajad Ibrahim
Suhas Palshikar, K.C. Suri, and Yogendra Yadav.
Includes bibliographical references and index.