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The analysis follows the election process from campaign dynamics and political language to the experiences of the polling station. It addresses why people vote and how ideologies, popular beliefs, and leadership styles shape political mobilisation. The study is supported by regional appendices and detailed plates and tables documenting electoral practice.","Exploring thE political in South aSia  \nseries editor: mukulika banerjee  \nWhy India Votes?  \nMUKULIKA BANERJEE  \nWhy India Votes?  \nExploring the Political in South Asia  \nSeries Editor: Mukulika Banerjee  \nAssociate Professor, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science  \nExploring the Political in South Asia is devoted to the publication of research on the political cultures of the region. The books in this Series will present qualitative and quantitative analyses grounded in field research, and will explore the cultures of democracies in their everyday local settings, specifically the workings of modern political institutions, practices of political mobilisation, manoeuvres of high politics, structures of popular beliefs, content of political ideologies and styles of political leadership, amongst others. Through fine-grained descriptions of particular settings in South Asia, the studies presented in this Series will inform, and have implications for, general discussions of democracy and politics elsewhere in the world.  \nAlso in this Series  \nThe Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India  \nLucia Michelutti  \n978-0-415-46732-2  \nRise of the Plebeians? The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies  \nEditors: Christophe Jaffrelot and Sanjay Kumar  \n978-0-415-46092-7  \nBroadening and Deepening Democracy: Political Innovation in Karnataka  \nE. Raghavanand James Manor  \n978-0-415-54454-2  \nRetro-modern India: Forging the Low-caste Self  \nManuela Ciotti  \n978-0-415-56311-6  \nPower and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains  \nEditors: Pamela Price and Arild Engelsen Ruud  \n978-0-415-58595-8  \nWhy India Votes?  \nMukulika Banerjee  \nWith a Foreword by  \nJonathan Spencer  \nLONDON NEW YORK NEW DELHI  \nFirst published 2014 in India by Routledge  \n912 Tolstoy House, 15–17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001  \nSimultaneously published in the UK by Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business  \n© 2014 Mukulika Banerjee Second impression 2014  \nThis book draws upon data from field reports by Grace Carswell and Geert De Neve, DolonchampaChakrabarty, Abhay Datar, Vanita Falcao, Goldy M. George, Mahashweta Jani, Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Satendra Kumar, Badri Narayan, Rosina Nasir, Deepu Sebastian, and Priyadarshini Singh.  \nTypeset by  \nGlyph Graphics Private Limited  \n23, Khosla Complex Vasundhara Enclave Delhi 110 096  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data  \nA catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library  \nISBN 978-1-138-01971-3  \nThis book is dedicated to Aria Gitanjali Banerjee Watts  \nPage Intentionally Left Blank  \nContents  \nPlates viii  \nTables ix  \nAbbreviations x  \nGlossary xiii  \nForeword by Jonathan Spencer xvii  \nAcknowledgements xxi  \n1. Introduction 1  \n2. The Campaign 42  \n3. 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