Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009)
Between 1999 and 2009, since no single party was in a position to lead a majority in the Lok Sabha, pre-electoral coalitions have become the only option for parties to exercise executive power at the Centre. Looking at the trajectory of two pre-electoral coalitions over ten years, namely the BJP-led...
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| description | Between 1999 and 2009, since no single party was in a position to lead a majority in the Lok Sabha, pre-electoral coalitions have become the only option for parties to exercise executive power at the Centre. Looking at the trajectory of two pre-electoral coalitions over ten years, namely the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the paper attempts to contribute to the nascent research on pre-electoral coalitions. Much has been written on the importance of disproportionate electoral systems or the ideological distance between parties in the formation of governing coalitions. This paper explores the importance of different geographical bases of support in the composition and sustainability of Indian pre-electoral coalitions, election after election, and proposes preliminary elements for a dynamic theory of pre-electoral coalition formation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1baedf06f48243da89ae3ba8cfecd43d2025-08-20T02:21:17ZengCentre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du SudSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal1960-60602009-12-01310.4000/samaj.2795Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009)Bertrand LefebvreCyril RobinBetween 1999 and 2009, since no single party was in a position to lead a majority in the Lok Sabha, pre-electoral coalitions have become the only option for parties to exercise executive power at the Centre. Looking at the trajectory of two pre-electoral coalitions over ten years, namely the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the paper attempts to contribute to the nascent research on pre-electoral coalitions. Much has been written on the importance of disproportionate electoral systems or the ideological distance between parties in the formation of governing coalitions. This paper explores the importance of different geographical bases of support in the composition and sustainability of Indian pre-electoral coalitions, election after election, and proposes preliminary elements for a dynamic theory of pre-electoral coalition formation.https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/2795electionsCongressNDAUPApre-electoral coalitionsalliances |
| spellingShingle | Bertrand Lefebvre Cyril Robin Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009) South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal elections Congress NDA UPA pre-electoral coalitions alliances |
| title | Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009) |
| title_full | Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009) |
| title_fullStr | Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009) |
| title_short | Pre-electoral Coalitions, Party System and Electoral Geography: A Decade of General Elections in India (1999–2009) |
| title_sort | pre electoral coalitions party system and electoral geography a decade of general elections in india 1999 2009 |
| topic | elections Congress NDA UPA pre-electoral coalitions alliances |
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