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ERASMUS STUDENT State and Society in India POLSIS 0813499A-POLS 215D 0503599 Does INDIA HAVE A MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY ? Does India have a multi-party democracy ? India is known for being by far the largest democracy in the world, with almost 600 million voters. India's democratic political system is a legacy of British colonialism (for instance their parliamentary government, or the First Past the Post electoral system), which ended in 1947. The British introduced self-government to India in stages, but it was not until the end of colonial rule and the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1950 by a Constituent Assembly that universal suffrage was achieved. Despite this democratic basis, India's political life is also said to have been dominated for more than 50 years by nearly one party, the Congress, a party which was founded in December 1885, and was the first effective all-India political organisation. A question thus arises, about...

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