India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal PhaseThe Book Takes A Close Look At The Last Three Lok Sabha Elections Those Of 1996, 1998 And 1999. It Is A Study Of Why Elections Have Become More Frequent Since 1989. The Reason Given Is The Transformation Of The Party System From One Of Congress Dominance To A Multi-Party Configuration Reflecting The Instability Of Minority And/Or Coalition Governments And Hung Parliaments. |
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Contents
Electoral and Party Politics in India | 1 |
Gearing up to the 1996 Polls and their Conduct | 25 |
Candidate Selection in 1996 | 41 |
Election Manifestos in 1996 | 61 |
Electoral Campaigns in 1996 | 95 |
The MidTerm Polls 1998 | 122 |
1998 | 166 |
Continuity with Stability? | 190 |
Party System and Electoral Reforms | 245 |
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1999 Lok Sabha AIADMK AICC Akali all-India allies Andhra Pradesh April Bihar BJP-led BJP's campaign candidates cent centre chief minister coalition government Commission of India communist parties Congress party Constitution CPI(M Delhi democratic dominance Election Commission election commissioner Election Manifesto electoral reforms factions federal federalisation Front government Gujarat Haryana Hindu Ibid India Indian National Indian politics Indira Gandhi issues Jammu and Kashmir Janata Party Jayalalitha JD(S JD(U Kargil Karnataka Kerala leaders leadership Left Front Left parties Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Elections M.P. Singh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra major mid-term polls Mulayam Singh Yadav Muslim National Front national parties OBCs Orissa parliament parliamentary party system Party Vote party's political parties prime minister Punjab regional parties Renominated Samajwadi Party Samata secular Shiv Sena social Sonia Gandhi Table Tamil Nadu Trinamool Congress United Front Uttar Pradesh V.P. Singh voters West Bengal