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September 2019

We are pleased to present the fourth annual activity report, for the year 2018-19. It contains a description of the activities conducted by the Centre and its members this past year, elements of information regarding the Centre’s structure and development as well as a description of the Centre’s priorities and plans for the coming year.

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Modi’s twin victories aren’t aberrations, new era has begun with fourth party system: Study

The Print
By Milan Vaishnav and Jamie Hintson
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August 2019

TCPD in collaboration with the University of Melbourne’s School of Government and the Australia India Institute organized a forum on the The Future of Electoral Democracy in India and Australia on August 20 at the India Habitat Centre. The forum brought together leading electoral practitioners and thinkers from Australia and India for a day of practical knowledge-exchange on how each country organizes and regulates elections and what lessons each can learn from the other.

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The Dawn of India’s Fourth Party System

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
By Milan Vaishnav and Jamie Hintson
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2018-2019

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July 2019

The 3rd Annual TCPD Summer School was held between June 30, 2019 and July 6, 2019. We had about 50 participants with the majority coming from outside Ashoka. We would like to thank all our instructors – Basim Nissa (Ashoka), Gilles Verniers (Ashoka), Mohit Kumar (Ashoka), Neelanjan Sircar (Ashoka), Naveen Bharati (joining Harvard as a post-doc), Priyamvada Trivedi (Ashoka), Saket Anand (IIIT Delhi), Saloni Bhogale (Ashoka), Venkatesh Rajamanickam (IIT Bombay) and Yusuf Sait (Ashoka) – for making the 2019 summer school a rich and memorable experience. We would also like to thank Dr. S. Y. Quraishi (Distinguished Fellow at TCPD) for his talk on the work of the Election Commission of India and engaging with the participants.

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What took BJP so long to expel Sengar? Hint: Votes

India Today
By Nikhil Rampal
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India’s anti-defection law fails to deter party turncoats

Asia Times
By Aritiry Das
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How BJP wrested Dalit seats in UP…with help from turncoats 

India Today
By Nikhil Rampal
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Modi’s Success in India’s Elections: Five Factors

YaleGlobal Online
By Gilles Verniers
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