VOTING IN INDIAII-Political Stratification of the Indian Electorate

Political Stratification of the Indian Electorate Bashiruddin Ahmed The outcome of any election is the product of the choices of politically active and motivated voters as welt as those of voters who are largely apolitical in their attitudes. The outcome of the 1967 election has one meaning for the future if the setback suffered by the Congress party was the result of 'peripheral' voters supporting the opposition parties and a totally different meaning if the Opposition successes were built on the support of the politically aware and active segments of the electorate.