Party Competition in Indian States
Electoral Politics in Post-Congress Polity
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9780198099178
Publication date:
02/05/2014
Hardback
592 pages
225.0x155.0mm
K.C. Suri, Yogendra Yadav & Suhas Palshikar
Suitable for: The primary market for this book will be university departments of political science and sociology. Apart from institutions, the book will be of interest also to students, teachers, and research scholars of political science, public administration, and sociology. Policymakers, media professionals, journalists, psephologists, think tanks, and research and advocacy institutions will also find it useful.
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K.C. Suri, Yogendra Yadav & Suhas Palshikar
Description
The political storm that swept Indian politics in the 1990s consolidated the post-Congress polity, a condition in which the Indian National Congress was no longer in a position to set the national agenda and ceased to be the central pole against which all other political parties were arrayed. Ever since, the states have emerged as the principal domain where electoral contests are fought, lost, and won. Focusing on electoral outcomes in twenty-four states between 2008 and 2013, this volume explores the complex dynamics of India’s electoral politics. The post-2008 phase is crucial as it saw the Congress adapt itself to the compulsions of coalition politics and survive as one of the competitors in the electoral arena—contrary to its erstwhile infallible standing. Focusing on both Parliamentary elections of 2009 and the Assembly elections in each state during the period, this book investigates how the two impact each other, and the broader patterns that emerge from their interaction. The state-specific accounts show that over the past few years the unsettling features of the post-Congress polity have waned leading to a condition which may be termed as normalization of the electoral competition. With the aid of rich post-election surveys, this work outlines the socio-economic features, political manoeuvres, and political causality that are manifest in the various patterns of party competition across Indian states.
K.C. Suri, Yogendra Yadav & Suhas Palshikar
Table of contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Normalization of the 'Post-Congress Polity'
Suhas Palshikar , K.C. Suri , and Yogendra Yadav
1 . Between Fortuna and Virtu : Explaining Congress' Ambiguous Victory in 2009
Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar
2 . Modi's Political Craft and the Limping Congress
Ghanshyam Shah and Mahashweta Jani
3 . Rajasthan: Stable Two-party Competition
Sanjay Lodha
4 . Punjab: Towards Consolidation of a Bipolar Polity
Ashutosh Kumar and Jagrup Singh Sekhon
5 . Congress Win Reverses the Trend of Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana
Kushal Pal and Praveen Rai
6 . Himachal Pradesh: Continued Bi-party Competition
Shreyas Sardesai
7. 2009 Parliamentary Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
Rekha Chowdhary
8. Delhi Elections: Mandate for Policy Consonance
Biswajit Mohanty
9. Uttarakhand: Resurgence of the Congress
Annpurna Nautiyal
10. Uttar Pradesh: The Ebb and Flow of Party Support
Mirza Asmer Beg, Sudhir Kumar, and A.K. Verma
11. Bihar: Development Finally Delivered
Sanjay Kumar and Rakesh Ranjan
12. Permanent Incumbency Shattered: Development Dilemma and Electoral Choice in West Bengal
Jyotiprasad Chatterjee and Suprio Basu
13. Sikkim: A Case of Dominance of the Ruling Party
Banasmita Bora
14. Arunachal Pradesh: Ruling Party Syndrome
Nani Bath
15. Nagaland: Electoral Politics Amidst Insurgency
Amongla N. Jamir
16. Meghalaya's Fluid Party Alignments
R.K. Satapathy
17. Triumph for Congress in Assam
Sandhya Goswami
18. Jharkhand: Defies the National Trend
Harishwar Dayal and B.K. Sinha
19. Madhya Pradesh: Unexpected Gains for Congress
Yatindra Singh Sisodia
20. Chief Minister Wins Chhattisgarh for BJP
Anupama Saxena and Praveen Rai
21. Survival in the Midst of Decline: A Decade of Congress Rule in Maharashtra, 1999-2009
Suhas Palshikar, Rajeshwari Deshpande, and Nitin Birmal
22. Goa: Decline of the North-South Divide?
Maria do Ceu Rodrigues
23. Karnataka 2008-9: BJP Penetrates the South
Sandeep Shastri and Veena Devi
24. Andhra Pradesh: Political Shifts and Electoral Volatility
K.C. Suri, P. Narasimha Rao, and V. Anji Reddy
25. Kerala's Electoral Pendulum Swings Back and Forth
K.M. Sajad Ibrahim
Appendix I: A Short Introduction to National Election Study 2009
Appendix II: Details of UGC-ICSSR Support for Projects under National Election Study 2009
Index
Notes on Editors and Contributors
K.C. Suri, Yogendra Yadav & Suhas Palshikar
Features
- This book presents analyses of electoral politics in twenty-four states of India during the period 2008-2013. It brings out the complex pattern of electoral politics at the state level and seeks to contribute to our understanding of state level political processes by using the rich data set of post-election surveys done by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi over the years.
K.C. Suri, Yogendra Yadav & Suhas Palshikar
Description
The political storm that swept Indian politics in the 1990s consolidated the post-Congress polity, a condition in which the Indian National Congress was no longer in a position to set the national agenda and ceased to be the central pole against which all other political parties were arrayed. Ever since, the states have emerged as the principal domain where electoral contests are fought, lost, and won. Focusing on electoral outcomes in twenty-four states between 2008 and 2013, this volume explores the complex dynamics of India’s electoral politics. The post-2008 phase is crucial as it saw the Congress adapt itself to the compulsions of coalition politics and survive as one of the competitors in the electoral arena—contrary to its erstwhile infallible standing. Focusing on both Parliamentary elections of 2009 and the Assembly elections in each state during the period, this book investigates how the two impact each other, and the broader patterns that emerge from their interaction. The state-specific accounts show that over the past few years the unsettling features of the post-Congress polity have waned leading to a condition which may be termed as normalization of the electoral competition. With the aid of rich post-election surveys, this work outlines the socio-economic features, political manoeuvres, and political causality that are manifest in the various patterns of party competition across Indian states.
Read MoreTable of contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Normalization of the 'Post-Congress Polity'
Suhas Palshikar , K.C. Suri , and Yogendra Yadav
1 . Between Fortuna and Virtu : Explaining Congress' Ambiguous Victory in 2009
Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar
2 . Modi's Political Craft and the Limping Congress
Ghanshyam Shah and Mahashweta Jani
3 . Rajasthan: Stable Two-party Competition
Sanjay Lodha
4 . Punjab: Towards Consolidation of a Bipolar Polity
Ashutosh Kumar and Jagrup Singh Sekhon
5 . Congress Win Reverses the Trend of Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana
Kushal Pal and Praveen Rai
6 . Himachal Pradesh: Continued Bi-party Competition
Shreyas Sardesai
7. 2009 Parliamentary Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
Rekha Chowdhary
8. Delhi Elections: Mandate for Policy Consonance
Biswajit Mohanty
9. Uttarakhand: Resurgence of the Congress
Annpurna Nautiyal
10. Uttar Pradesh: The Ebb and Flow of Party Support
Mirza Asmer Beg, Sudhir Kumar, and A.K. Verma
11. Bihar: Development Finally Delivered
Sanjay Kumar and Rakesh Ranjan
12. Permanent Incumbency Shattered: Development Dilemma and Electoral Choice in West Bengal
Jyotiprasad Chatterjee and Suprio Basu
13. Sikkim: A Case of Dominance of the Ruling Party
Banasmita Bora
14. Arunachal Pradesh: Ruling Party Syndrome
Nani Bath
15. Nagaland: Electoral Politics Amidst Insurgency
Amongla N. Jamir
16. Meghalaya's Fluid Party Alignments
R.K. Satapathy
17. Triumph for Congress in Assam
Sandhya Goswami
18. Jharkhand: Defies the National Trend
Harishwar Dayal and B.K. Sinha
19. Madhya Pradesh: Unexpected Gains for Congress
Yatindra Singh Sisodia
20. Chief Minister Wins Chhattisgarh for BJP
Anupama Saxena and Praveen Rai
21. Survival in the Midst of Decline: A Decade of Congress Rule in Maharashtra, 1999-2009
Suhas Palshikar, Rajeshwari Deshpande, and Nitin Birmal
22. Goa: Decline of the North-South Divide?
Maria do Ceu Rodrigues
23. Karnataka 2008-9: BJP Penetrates the South
Sandeep Shastri and Veena Devi
24. Andhra Pradesh: Political Shifts and Electoral Volatility
K.C. Suri, P. Narasimha Rao, and V. Anji Reddy
25. Kerala's Electoral Pendulum Swings Back and Forth
K.M. Sajad Ibrahim
Appendix I: A Short Introduction to National Election Study 2009
Appendix II: Details of UGC-ICSSR Support for Projects under National Election Study 2009
Index
Notes on Editors and Contributors
