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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    229 : Ordinance Confusion in Election Season

    Robin Jeffrey, Visiting Research Professor at the ISAS, Ronojoy Sen IS Senior Research Fellow at ISAS

    4 October 2013

    It is festival season in India, but it's more than that. Election season is in the air. You can hear it, see it and almost taste it. Five state elections are due before the end of 2013, and the big one, the national general election for 543 seats to the Lower House of Parliament, is due by May next year. These elections are awaited with rare anticipation, because in spite of widespread cynicism, there's a sense that changes in government are in the offing and that a lot of careers hang in the balance.