Basu, Deepankar; Misra, Kartik - Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst - 2014
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the 2014 General Elections in India and emerged as a single party with absolute majority, a result not witnessed since 1984. Not only did it win a majority of seats, it also managed to increase its vote share in almost all states between 2009 and 2014....