Party Competition in Indian States Electoral Politics in Post-Congress Polity

by Palshikar, Suhas; Suri, K C; Yadav, Yogendra

• ISBN13: 9780198099178
• ISBN10: 0198099177
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Suhas Palshikar, Professor, Department of Politics & Public Administration, University of Pune,K C Suri, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad,Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi


Suhas Palshikar is Professor, Department of Politics & Public Administration, University of Pune. He is also co-director of the Lokniti programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.

K.C. Suri is Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad. As a member of the Lokniti team at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, he has been associated with National Election Studies since 1999. As a recipient of the Endeavour Executive Award, Government of Australia, he was a visiting scholar at the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia during July-October 2010.

Yogendra Yadav is Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
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 Limping Congress
Ghanshyam Shah and Mahashweta Jani
2. Rajasthan: Stable Two-party competition
Sanjay Lodha
4. Punjab: Towards Consolidation of a Bipolar Polity
Ashutosh Kumar and Jagroop 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 Pravin Rai
21. Survival in the Midst of Decline: A Decade (1999-2009) of Congress Rule in Maharashtra
Suhas Palshikar, Rajeshwari Deshpande and Nitin Birmal
22. Goa: Decline of the North-South Divide?
Maria Do Ceu Rodrigues
23. Karnataka -2008-09: 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
Appendix 2
CIndex
About the Editors and Contributors