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The rise to power of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India signalled a new era in Indian politics and government. The general election of 1998 produced winners from three different parties that could lead to further political instability. Moreover, the election saw the decline of the once-dominant Congress Party, the emergence of a coalition government, the rise of regional political parties and further deepening of divisions in the Parliament. The challenge for the BJP is to broaden and accelerate economic reforms to achieve genuine political stability.
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The results of India's 11th general elections in 1996 underscored a shift from a hegemonic one-party dominant system to a multi-party system dominated by regional parties. Although the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress Party and the Janata Dal remain active as major national parties, their power is now concentrated in specific states. This present state of affairs is largely due to two factors, namely, the decline of the Congress Party due to ideological changes undertaken by the three parties, and the regionalization of politics.
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The decline of India's Congress party was evident in the results of the 11th general elections in 1996. The party, which had to contend without the presence of a member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, captured only 140 seats in the Lok Sabha. This was because regional parties became more active in reinventing the pan-Indian identity due to the failure of the national parties to represent them and solve internal problems from independence until 1979-80.
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