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Political Participation in Rural India: A Village Level Study

In: State, Institutions and Democracy

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  • Vani K. Borooah

    (University of Ulster)

  • Anirudh Tagat

    (Department of Economics at Monk Prayogshala)

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If countries have a ‘unique selling point’ then India’s must surely be that, with over 700 million voters, it is the world’s largest democracy. Allied to this is the enthusiasm with which Indians have embraced the electoral process. The turnout in Indian national elections has been over 62 % in 10 of the last 15 national elections with 66 % of eligible voters voting the 2014 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) elections; the last time that a US Presidential election came close to matching this was the 60 % turnout in the 1968 election between Nixon and Humphrey.

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  • Vani K. Borooah & Anirudh Tagat, 2017. "Political Participation in Rural India: A Village Level Study," Studies in Political Economy, in: Norman Schofield & Gonzalo Caballero (ed.), State, Institutions and Democracy, pages 159-191, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpocp:978-3-319-44582-3_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44582-3_7
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    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
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