106 Politics in India since Independence

Politics in India since Independence How can we talk about a mandate or verdict in when the north and the south voted so differently? Read this map and identify the states where – Congress lost, – Congress lost very badly and – those states where Congress and its allies nearly swept the polls. Which are the constituencies in north India that the Congress managed to win? Note: This illustration is not a map drawn to scale and should not be taken to be an authentic depiction of India’s external boundaries.