POLSCI 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: United Progressive Alliance, Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra Modi
19 Dec 2016
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Federation: india has 28 states and 7 union territories. Pm: narendra modi, main power position, hindu nationalist party, presides over council of ministers drawn from members of parliament, elected by lower house, had been prime minister of gujarat, a state that had enjoyed strong economic growth. President: pranab mukherjee, senior leader of congress party, elected for a five year term by an electoral college consisting of members of federal and state legislature, appoints members of supreme court. Raul gahndi (leader of congress party and great grandson on nehru) wasn"t seats, while the nda"s combined vote share was 39%. taken as seriously & party suffered defeat. In may, 2014 the national democratic alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 336 seats. The bjp itself won 31% of all votes and 282 (52%) of all. The indian national congress party ran as part of the united progressive. Alliance, which won only 58 seats, of which only 44 were won by the.
