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Examining the relationship between elections and democracy, this book attempts to study the transformative nature of India’s electoral democracy during 75-year of its working. Amidst celebrating 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', the book highlights the changing politics and the political cultures as manifested in transforming nature of parties and party systems from 1950s till contemporary times, thus covering the First Lok Sabha election to the Seventeenth Lok Sabha 2019 amidst continuities, conformities and changes in India’s electoral landscape. Marking a shift from Nehru’s Modern India to Modi’s New India, the book underlines the realigning vote, voter and voting at the backdrop of transcending issues and narratives along with changing modes of electioneering that have shaped the nature of government on the one hand and democratic governance on the other. Presenting India’s electoral democracy from the perspective of new directions, dimensions and developments linking it to nation’s key democratic upsurges with new conceptualizations, theorizations and generalizations, the book could be seen as a Grammer of Indian Polity. This title has been co-published with Aakar Books. T&F does not sell or distrubute the print versions in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Maldives.

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Author:   Sunil K Choudhary
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781041206491

ISBN 10:   1041206496
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Introduction PART I: Changing Politics and Political Climate 1. First Democratic Upsurge: Assembly Elections, NationalReflections 2. Second Democratic Upsurge: Appropriating Religion, Agitating Reservation 3. Third Democratic Upsurge: Competing Electoral Market and ‘Catch’ All Conclaves—The Changing ‘M Phenomenon’ PART II: Transforming Parties and Party Systems 4. The Congress and Its Extending Dominance 5. The Janata and Its Experimenting Coalitions 6. The BJP System and Its Expanding Horizons PART III: Electrifying Elections and the Electoral Process 7. Electoral Fray: Critical Constituencies, Crucial Contestations 8. Transcending Issues, Transforming Narratives 9. War of Words: Changing Modes of Electioneering PART IV: Realigning Vote, Voters and Voting 10. Diverging Demography, Diversifying Democracy 11. From Floating Voters to Silent Voters 12. Increasing Voting, Changing Trends PART V: Converging Leaders and Leadership 13. Government Formations and Coalitions: Rebuilding Electoral Trajectory 14.Ushering a New Era: Modi’s New India The Way Forward Bibliography Index

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Sunil K Choudhary is Professor of Political Science and Director (Honorary), Centre for Global Studies (CGS) at University of Delhi, India. He has to his credit at present 7 Books, 53 Research Papers and 310 Research Publications and Presentations. His last book title,The Changing Face of Parties and Party Systems: A Study of Israel and India was published in 2018.

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