India Votes - 9780367012571

Taylor & Francis

In this book, senior scholars and seasoned observers of India contribute a broad range of regional and topical perspectives on the \""binary\"" Ninth and Tenth General Elections. > Within a scant eighteen-month span, India held two national elections. The first, in November 1989, witnessed the political demise of Rajiv Gandhi and the precipitous decline of his Congress Party. The second, in May 1991, witnessed his assassination at the hands of Tamil Tiger extremists just as the Congress Party seemed poised on the threshold of > Preface -- The Ninth General Election: The Hung Parliament -- Introduction: The Ninth General Election -- Patterns of Political Mobilization in the Parliamentary and Assembly Elections of 1989 and 1990 -- Local Support Bases and the Ninth General Election in Bihar and Maharashtra1 -- The Janata Dal in the Ninth Indian General Election of 1989 and Its Future Prospects -- Caste, Class, and Community in the Ninth General Elections for the Lok Sabha in Ua