Turning point 1996 Poll story
Arun, Kumar
Turning point 1996 Poll story - Delhi Konark 1997 - 234p.
From the charismatic Jawaharlal Nehru to the earthy Deve Gowda, marks the eventful journey of a vibrant Indian democracy proving the sceptics wrong. The election of 1996 marked a turning point in this march bringing as it did dramatic changes in the Indian polity From a virtual single party monopoly, India moved into a coalition era as contours of a truly federal structure started taking shape.
This book tells it all relating the story of how India voted in 1996 with a full computer analysis of the shifting voting patterns. Looking beyond poll statistics, it also provides a flavour of the campaign, contenders and issues that exercised the voters' mind in an election completely devoid of colour yet by all accounts one of the cleanest and most fair.
Graphics on the fluctuating fortunes of the major contenders in each state along with the best of PTI's photo coverage completes the story. The book takes a long look back at the elections since the first one in 1952 to provide a handy reference volume equally useful to lay readers. jour nalists, students of politics and psephologists.
8122004679
Elections India 1996
324.6 ARU
Turning point 1996 Poll story - Delhi Konark 1997 - 234p.
From the charismatic Jawaharlal Nehru to the earthy Deve Gowda, marks the eventful journey of a vibrant Indian democracy proving the sceptics wrong. The election of 1996 marked a turning point in this march bringing as it did dramatic changes in the Indian polity From a virtual single party monopoly, India moved into a coalition era as contours of a truly federal structure started taking shape.
This book tells it all relating the story of how India voted in 1996 with a full computer analysis of the shifting voting patterns. Looking beyond poll statistics, it also provides a flavour of the campaign, contenders and issues that exercised the voters' mind in an election completely devoid of colour yet by all accounts one of the cleanest and most fair.
Graphics on the fluctuating fortunes of the major contenders in each state along with the best of PTI's photo coverage completes the story. The book takes a long look back at the elections since the first one in 1952 to provide a handy reference volume equally useful to lay readers. jour nalists, students of politics and psephologists.
8122004679
Elections India 1996
324.6 ARU