1st Edition
Minority Governments in India The Puzzle of Elusive Majorities
By Csaba Nikolenyi
Copyright 2010
192 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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India's national parliamentary elections typically result in the election of majority parliaments and the formation of a single-party majority government. However, India’s national party system has changed beyond recognition since the parliamentary elections of 1989. The Congress Party has lost its dominant party status; the number of political parties that contest elections, win seats in... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Majority Parliaments, Majority Governments: Party Politics before 1989 3. Elections Without Winners 4. The Puzzle of Minority Governments in the Lok Sabha 5. The View from the States 6. Conclusion: Further Implication of Elusive Majorities
Biography
Csaba Nikolenyi is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Canada. He is the co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science and his main research interests are the comparative study of political party systems, electoral systems and patterns of government formation.
"...[T]his book makes an important systematic attempt to understand the electoral politics of modern Indian democracy. The wealth of quantitative data and statistical analysis will be of great value to specialists." - Sanjay Ruparelia, Pacific Affairs: Volume 84, No. 3 – September 2011
