Party competition in Indian states : electoral politics in post-congress polity

Table of Contents: “…Suri and Yogendra Yadav -- Between fortuna and virtu : explaining congress' ambiguous victory in 2009 / Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar -- Modi's political craft and limping congress / Ghanshyam Shah and Mahashweta Jani -- Rajasthan : stable two-party competition / Sanjay Lodha -- Punjab : towards consolidation of a bipolar polity / Ashutosh Kumar and Jagroop Singh Sekhon -- Congress win reverses the trend of Lok Sabha elections in Haryana / Kushal Pal and Praveen Rai -- Himachal Pradesh : continued bi-party competition / Shreyas Sardesai -- 2009 Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir / Rekha Chowdhary -- Delhi elections : mandate for policy consonance / Biswajit Mohanty -- Uttarakhand : resurgence of the congress / Annpurna Nautiyal -- Uttar Pradesh : the ebb and flow of party support / Mirza Asmer Beg, Sudhir Kumar and A.K. …”


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