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Varieties of electoral dominance
In: Comparative politics, Volume 55, Issue 1, p. 165-188
ISSN: 2151-6227
World Affairs Online
What accounts for Duverger's law? The behavioral mechanisms underpinning two-party convergence in India
In: Electoral studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy, Volume 73, p. 102382
ISSN: 1873-6890
The authoritarian origins of dominant parties in democracies: opposition fragmentation and asymmetric competition in India
In: Studies in comparative international development: SCID, Volume 56, Issue 4, p. 435-462
ISSN: 1936-6167
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Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements. By Amit Ahuja. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 266p. $99.00 cloth, $29.95 paper
In: Perspectives on politics, Volume 18, Issue 3, p. 975-976
ISSN: 1541-0986
Alliance Politics Amid the BJP's Rise: More Continuity than Change in 2019
In: Studies in Indian politics, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 191-205
ISSN: 2321-7472
Pre-election alliances have long figured prominently in Indian elections. Has the politics surrounding pre-election alliances changed with the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? This article analyzes patterns of election alliance formation across India's states and examines the extent to which these alliances affected the outcome of the 2019 election. It finds that patterns of alliance formation in the run-up to the 2019 election did not, on the whole, differ noticeably from prior elections. Though the BJP's strong performance muted the impact of some key alliances, election alliances nevertheless had a perceptible impact on the final allocation of seats and appear to have influenced voting behaviour largely as anticipated.
Candidate Characteristics in Indian Elections
In: Asian survey, Volume 55, Issue 5, p. 1018-1043
ISSN: 1533-838X
Are certain kinds of candidates more likely to do better in elections than others? Using a unique dataset on the characteristics of candidates in elections in the north Indian state of Haryana, this study finds that certain candidate characteristics are associated with greater vote shares.
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India. By Tariq Thachil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 77, Issue 4, p. e11-e12
ISSN: 1468-2508
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India. By Tariq Thachil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 77, Issue 4, p. e11-e12
ISSN: 0022-3816
Are higher-magnitude electoral districts always better for small parties?
In: Electoral Studies, Volume 32, Issue 1, p. 63-77
Are higher-magnitude electoral districts always better for small parties?
In: Electoral studies: an international journal, Volume 32, Issue 1, p. 63-77
ISSN: 0261-3794
Coalition Government and Party System Change: Explaining the Rise of Regional Political Parties in India
In: Comparative politics, Volume 45, Issue 1, p. 69-87
ISSN: 2151-6227
Coalition government and party system change: explaining the rise of regional political parties in India
In: Comparative politics, Volume 45, Issue 1, p. 69-87
ISSN: 0010-4159
World Affairs Online
Why So Little Strategic Voting in India?
In: American political science review, Volume 116, Issue 4, p. 1523-1529
ISSN: 1537-5943
Strategic voting is thought to underlie Duverger's Law and lead to two-party outcomes in single-member district plurality (SMDP) systems. We examine the extent of strategic voting in the world's most populous democracy, India, where frequent exceptions to Duverger's Law have long puzzled political scientists. Using an original voter survey from the 2017 Uttar Pradesh state election, we find extremely low rates of strategic voting. Why? We show that the vast majority of respondents believe that their preferred party is likely to win in their constituency. For most voters, their partisan preferences overwhelmingly predict their beliefs about which party will win. Their election forecasts correspond to objective electoral outcomes only with respect to parties that they like less.