DUVERGERIAN DYNAMICS IN THE INDIAN STATES: Federalism and the Number of Parties in the State Assembly Elections

Empirical research on voting in electoral districts in single-member, simple-plurality electoral systems has demonstrated the general validity of Duverger's law. This article shows that while the law is generally valid for state assembly elections in India, there are exceptions. In a significan...

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Main Author: Pradeep Chhibber and Geetha Murali
Format: Printed Book
Published: Party Politics 12 (1) : 5-34, 2006 2006
Subjects:
INDIA PARTY POLITICS KERALA
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00651.pdf
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