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100			_aHeath, Anthony
245			_aThe united colours of Congress: social profile of Congress voters, 1996 and 1998
260			_c1999
300			_ap.2518-528
362			_a21 Aug & 28 Sep
520			_aThough the decline of the Congress in Indian politics has been discussed, the changes in the social profile of Congress voters has been ill-researched and therefore little understood. Congress has been a `catch-all' party and at the aggregate national level its support has cut across caste and class divides. But a study of election results from individual states shows that Congress support does vary with caste and class depending on its major rival. At one time the Congress had acquired and cultivated a diverse social profile through active political mobilisation. Today, it is reduced to picking up the leftover votes that other political parties have not mobilised. - Reproduced
650			_aCongress party
650			_aElections - India
650			_aElections
700			_aYadav, Yogendra
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a42036
999			_c42036 _d42036