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Comment on the changing democratic profile of India.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Politics and Society in India

India's democratic profile — who participates, who is represented and who competes — has altered beyond recognition since 1952. The electorate has grown from about 17.3 crore registered voters then to 96.88 crore in 2024, when 64.64 crore votes were cast at a turnout of 65.79 per cent. The sociologically interesting change, however, is not…

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  • From a politics of notables to a politics of numbers
  • The second democratic upsurge
  • The counter-trend
  • Conclusion

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