ABSTRACT
This empirically rich volume presents a holistic picture of the electoral process in Indian states and the return of the BJP to power. Drawing on the 2019 elections, it presents ground-level data to understand various aspects of elections: the nature of campaigning, caste, class and identity politics, electoral issues, poll strategies of different parties in the fray, electoral issues, electoral verdicts, the contestants, the leadership factor, the formation of government, among other empirical details. The essays underline the determinants of electoral behaviour by looking into the correlation between the background variables of voters and their voting choices. The essays also compare and contrast the 2019 election verdicts from the earlier elections held in the state under study. A long view of Indian state politics, this book will be essential reference for scholars and researchers of politics, especially political processes, and South Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Northern states
chapter 2|17 pages
Explaining the two Delhi verdicts in comparative perspective
part II|50 pages
Central states
part III|42 pages
Western states
part IV|54 pages
Eastern states
chapter 15|18 pages
‘Jai Bangla' and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai'
part V|80 pages
Southern states
part VI|42 pages
North eastern states