Abstract:The two major concerns in Indian electoral system are enormous spending and increased criminalisation of politics. While roughly one-third of all elected offices (state or national) have members with some criminal charges, the spending in 2009 general elections exceeded the total spends in the US general elections held a year earlier. This article links the two. We develop a theoretical model that views candidates as a strategic choice by the parties. We propose a two-dimensional contest function. In this fram… Show more
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