Parties and Political Change in South Asia by James Chiriyankandath

Author:James Chiriyankandath [Chiriyankandath, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780367739201
Google: CXX7zQEACAAJ
Goodreads: 55835364
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Comparative picture for the Congress, BJP and CPI (M) in the post-Congress hegemony phase, 1991–2009

The 1989 election marked the end of Congress hegemony in that the Congress plurality of votes no longer converted to a majority of seats, and since then all elections have resulted in hung parliaments and minority governments or coalition governments. Hence, it is useful to compare the three major national parties, Congress, BJP and CPI (M) on renomination of candidates and incumbents since the 1991 election, the first after the 1989 watershed. We focus on the renomination of former candidates and of incumbents to see if any patterns are discernible and then try to explain those patterns. The patterns that emerge are as follows (from Table 5) for the Congress, BJP and CPI (M) for the period 1991–2009.

Of the candidates nominated between the years 1991–2009, only the CPI (M) renominated a majority (59 per cent or 154/262) of its former candidates; the BJP 43 per cent (968/2255) and the Congress 37 per cent (1070/2886). The difference between the BJP and the Congress is marginal, primarily due to the decline in BJP fortunes in 2004 and 2009.

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