Table of Contents
1. The 2019 Lok Sabha Verdict at the State Level: An Introduction
PART I: Northern States 2. Explaining the Two Delhi Verdicts in Comparative Perspective: Party Identification, Leadership and Welfare
3. The Congress Win in Punjab: An Outlier in the North
4. Continuity and Change in Haryana Politics: Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections, 2019
5. BJP’s Clean Sweep with Record Margin left the Congress Clueless in Himachal
6. Bharatiya Janata Party Victory in Uttar Pradesh: A Shift from Caste Based Politics
7. Electoral Politics in a Hill State: 2019 Elections in Uttarakhand
PART II: Central States 8. Madhya Pradesh: Continued Ascendance of the Bharatiya Janata Party
9. Decoding the Sweeping BJP Victory in Rajasthan
10. What Sealed BJP’s Victory in Chhattisgarh?
PART III: Western States 11. Maharashtra: BJP replaces Congress
12. Gujarat: Caste, Religion and Political Leadearship
13. Goa: BJP’s Electoral Slide but Political Triumph
PART IV: Eastern States 14. Bihar: A Comprehensive Victory for the NDA
15. ‘Jai Bangla’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’: Explaining the Emerging Political Dynamics in West Bengal
16. Odisha Dual Verdict: Leadership, Welfare and Hindutva
17. Jharkhand: The Ascendance of the BJP as a Dominant Party
PART V: Southern States 18. Its Lone Southern Comfort – Lotus Blooms in Karnataka
19. Andhra Pradesh: Dominant Caste Cleavages, Continuities and Reflections
20. Kerala: Explaining the Dominance of UDF
21. Verdict 2019: Reinforcing Dravidian Identity Politics in Tamil Nadu
22. Springing a Surprise: Electoral Politics in the State of Telangana
PART VI: North Eastern States 23. Voting Pattern in the North East: Special Focus on Nagaland, Meghalaya & Manipur
24. Assam: Saffron Persists in an Ethnic Setting