TY  - BOOK
AU  - Quraishi,S.Y,Ed
TI  - The great march of democracy : seven decades of India's elections
SN  - 9780670092284
U1  - 324.954 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Haryana
PB  - Penguin Random House
KW  - Elections-India
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Voting
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Election Commission of India
N2  - As India gears up for its seventeenth Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Election Commission of India, responsible for conducting elections in the country, marks the beginning of its seventieth year. This book commemorates the occasion, celebrating seven decades of the country's vibrant electoral democracy. With essays written by prominent analysts, politicians, academics, psephologists, former chief election commissioners, and many others, The Great March of Democracy covers a range of subjects from the birth and evolution of the Election Commission, the exciting story of the first electoral roll and the first general elections, to the criminalization of politics, electoral reforms, and so on
ER  -