Report on the Fifth General Elections in India 1971-72: Narrative and Reflective Part

Part I THE FIFTH GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LOK SABHA, 1971......Page 8 CHAPTER I DISSOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE......Page 9 CHAPTER II ELECTORAL ROLLS AND PREPARATION FOR HOLDING THE GENERAL ELECTION......Page 19 CHAPTER III ADULT FRANCHISE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS : A LESSON AND A WARNING......Page 27 CHAPTER IV WRITS AND PROGRAMMES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION......Page 35 CHAPTER V FROM NOMINATION TO WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATURES......Page 47 CHAPTER VI THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD......Page 53 CHAPTER VII THE POLL......Page 79 CHAPTER VIII THE COUNTING OF VOTES AND THE DECLARATION OF RESULTS......Page 100 PART-II FIFTH GENERAL ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES-1972......Page 131 CHAPTER IX GENERAL ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES......Page 133 PART III GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS......Page 185 CHAPTER X ELECTION EXPENSES......Page 187 CHAPTER XI CORRUPT PRACTICES IN ELECTIONS AND ELECTION PETITIONS......Page 195 CHAPTER XII INNOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS......Page 207 CHAPTER XIII UNREASON IN ELECTION POLITICS......Page 215 CHAPTER XIV REFLECTIONS ON THE CHANGE OF ELECTORAL SYSTEM : THE LIST SYSTEM......Page 243 CHAPTER XV CONCLUSION......Page 252