With the elections in India over, it’s time to revisit our #IndiaVotes2014 blogpost series organised by Professor Katharine Adeney for Ballots and Bullets and IAPS!
1) The Continuing … Read the rest
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The results of the 2014 Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu showed that regional parties continue to dominate politics in the state. The headline story is the remarkable victory of … Read the rest
Even as the exit polls were being broadcast, with predictions that the Left Front would be decimated (the predictions placed the Left as securing 7-13 votes), party boss Sitaram Yechury… Read the rest
With the din of the Indian election campaign dying away and the refrain of the BJP – “Abki baar, Modi sarkar” (This time, Modi government) – about to … Read the rest
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won an unprecedented victory in India’s sixteenth general election. The scope of its victory ensures that the prime minister apparent, Narendra Modi, will not … Read the rest
So, many pundits (including this one) on India have egg all over their faces. There will never be a single party majority government again, we said. Well, the man … Read the rest
Paint it saffron. “You can write it down” decreed Narendra Modi in Serampore, West Bengal, “After May 16th, these Bangladeshis better be prepared with their bags packed!”. Hinting at the … Read the rest
As India’s mammoth and mind-boggling election draws to a close, the only other member of the one billion population club is paying attention, although not that closely.
China has declared … Read the rest
Along with corruption, a stagnant economy and high inflation dominate the concerns of voters in the current general election in India. Like voters elsewhere, Indian voters seem likely to vote … Read the rest
Narendra Modi utters the evidently Christian name – James Michael Lyngdoh – with great relish. Rolling his eyes and puffing his cheeks for effect Modi announces James Michael Lyngdoh and … Read the rest