• DOI:10.1353/jod.2005.0018
Corpus ID: 154957863

Elections in India: Behind the Congress Comeback

@article{Wilkinson2005ElectionsII,
  title={Elections in India: Behind the Congress Comeback},
  author={S. Wilkinson},
  journal={Journal of Democracy},
  year={2005},
  volume={16},
  pages={153 - 167}
}

S. Wilkinson

Published 2005

Political Science

Journal of Democracy

This article examines the effects of the unexpected defeat of India's Bharatiya Janata Party-National Democratic Alliance in the May 2004 general elections. The Congress-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) won, not because of opposition to economic liberalization or its Hindu nationalist agenda, but because the Congress made much better alliances with regional parties. The new coalition government's ability to enact significant economic reforms or make real progress on the Kashmir issue or in… CONTINUE READING

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