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"This book offers an insight into the contribution of the Election Commission of India (EC) to the Indian democratic process through its regulatory role in conducting elections between 1990 and 2019. It elaborates upon the EC's interactions with pivotal state institutions - the parliament, the Supreme Court and political parties - to streamline democratic procedures during the aforementioned period. It demonstrates a comparison between important electoral procedures in India and those in other liberal democracies (Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa, among others) to highlight the role of electoral institutions in democratisation. It also studies the sociopolitical situatedness of the EC as a body that moulds the political culture in India"--

Sudha Pai (Ed.), Constitutional and Democratic Institutions in India: A Critical Analysis. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan. 2020. 504 pp. ₹1350. ISBN: 9789352878468

This article looks at the working of institutional relationships in Indian politics. It explores the interaction between Indian political parties and the Election Commission of India to highlight the dynamics of political praxis and institutional restraint, and while doing so endorses the view that institutional regulation is a vital part of a free and fair democratic exercise. It also argues that the institutional 'logic of appropriateness' is being transformed at a time of greater participation in political competition in India: the number of candidates contesting the polls has grown phenomenally, as has the number of people coming out to vote. In this context, regulation and restraint have assumed an importance essential for responsible political practice and the institutionalization of the multiparty system itself.