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Panel Discussion on Indian Elections 2014 - Outcomes and Implications

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Channel: King's College London · 2016 · Education

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11 June 2014
The unprecedented victory of the Hindu nationalist BJP led by Narendra Modi in India’s general elections appears to have swept aside some of the stable patterns of electoral politics in India. For the first time in 30 years, a single party has won a clear majority of seats on its own without the need to rely on coalition partners. Yet the BJP has done so on a historically low vote share, and as an outcome of a heavily contested electoral battle that had seen the entrance of new political forces, including the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party. The outgoing Congress Party suffered their worst ever defeat. In this panel discussion, four distinguished speakers will consider the implications of the election results, the shift in India’s political leadership, the nature of the mandate received by the new government and how it might seek to use this mandate.

Speakers:
Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (King’s India Institute and Sciences-Po)
Professor Sudipta Kaviraj (Columbia University)
Professor James Manor (University of London)
Professor Suhas Palshikar (University of Pune, and Director of Lokniti)

Chair: 
Dr Louise Tillin (King’s India Institute)

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