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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.
Contents
1. The 2019 Lok Sabha Verdict at the State Level: An Introduction PART I: Northern States 2. Explaining the Two Delhi Verdicts in Comparative Perspective: Party Identification, Leadership and Welfare 3. The Congress Win in Punjab: An Outlier in the North 4. Continuity and Change in Haryana Politics: Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections, 2019 5. BJP's Clean Sweep with Record Margin left the Congress Clueless in Himachal 6. Bharatiya Janata Party Victory in Uttar Pradesh: A Shift from Caste Based Politics 7. Electoral Politics in a Hill State: 2019 Elections in Uttarakhand PART II: Central States 8. Madhya Pradesh: Continued Ascendance of the Bharatiya Janata Party 9. Decoding the Sweeping BJP Victory in Rajasthan 10. What Sealed BJP's Victory in Chhattisgarh? PART III: Western States 11. Maharashtra: BJP replaces Congress 12. Gujarat: Caste, Religion and Political Leadearship 13. Goa: BJP's Electoral Slide but Political Triumph PART IV: Eastern States 14. Bihar: A Comprehensive Victory for the NDA 15. 'Jai Bangla' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai': Explaining the Emerging Political Dynamics in West Bengal 16. Odisha Dual Verdict: Leadership, Welfare and Hindutva 17. Jharkhand: The Ascendance of the BJP as a Dominant Party PART V: Southern States 18. Its Lone Southern Comfort - Lotus Blooms in Karnataka 19. Andhra Pradesh: Dominant Caste Cleavages, Continuities and Reflections 20. Kerala: Explaining the Dominance of UDF 21. Verdict 2019: Reinforcing Dravidian Identity Politics in Tamil Nadu 22. Springing a Surprise: Electoral Politics in the State of Telangana PART VI: North Eastern States 23. Voting Pattern in the North East: Special Focus on Nagaland, Meghalaya & Manipur 24. Assam: Saffron Persists in an Ethnic Setting
