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Tag Archives: Elections
Vagaries Of First-Past-The-Post Electoral System
The Janata Dal (United)-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance with just 39.1 per cent votes managed to get around 85 per cent of seats––206 in the House of 243––while the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Lok Janshakti Party combine of Lalu Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan ended up getting just 10 per cent seats when they actually got over 25.3 per cent votes. RJD got 18.6 per cent votes while LJP 6.7 per cent. Congress, which got 8.37 per cent votes, won just four seats. How could this happen when even in 1952 and 1957 Bihar Assembly elections, the then ruling Congress did not win so much seats notwithstanding the fact that there was no formidable opposition party in the state then? Continue reading
India Votes: Whom Should Muslims Vote?
I don’t know that was or has been a general feeling of alienation or escapism among Muslims, but one thing is sure, no political party has done anything concrete for the Muslims except some lip service to arouse emotional appeal though the community has been wrongly accused by the BJP and its allies for what is called ‘minority appeasement’. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, India Elections 2009
Tagged Democracy, Elections, India Elections 2009, Issues 2009, Parliamentary Elections 2009
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India Votes: What Are The Issues Of Indian Muslims As Elections Approach?
As another election to the parliament in India approaches, the question comes up “What are Indian Muslims Thinking? What are the issues on the basis of which they will vote for various parties? Are their issues the same as those of other Indians or do they have some distinct issues of their own? Continue reading
Posted in DesiPundit, Featured, India Elections 2009
Tagged Democracy, Elections, Issues 2009, leadership-problems, Political Lea
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Pratibha Patil Shekhawat: UPA Candidate For President
In our discussion as to who should be the next President of India, we raised a question: when will we have a woman President in India? With the nomination of Pratibha Patil Shekhawat as the UPA candidate for President and … Continue reading
Posted in India, Politics
Tagged Bhairon-Singh-Shekhawat, Elections, NDA, Pratibha-Patil-Shekhawat, Presidential-Polls, Sonia-Gandhi, UPA
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