Indian General Election, 2009

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Scary ass list of parties, most if which are populist factions. But BJP (essentially Tory) .

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Saying that, I THINK the part of my Indian Sikh family still living in the Punjab vote Shiromani Akali Dal (Sikh Centrism), the largest party in the province, similar to Plaid Cymru \(ie cultural-centric) except federalist not nationalist

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Some of these parties really need to merge- India could also do with a classical or mildly social liberal party coming to the fore.