ISAS Briefs

If anti -incumbency has shown a decline in some Indian states, in others it still remains a persistent trend. Rajasthan, which went to the polls on 1 December 2013, is one of them. For the past two decades the incumbent government has been voted out in every election. The current Congress government, led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, faces an uphill task in bucking this trend. The voter turnout, according to latest figures, was nearly 73 per cent which was up significantly from 66 per cent in the last elections held in 2008.