Janata Dal
Janata Dal ( Hindi जनता दल ) is a political party in India that put the Prime Minister of India at the head of a coalition government between 1989 and 1990 and between 1996 and 1998.
It was formed in 1988 after the Congress party was involved in a corruption affair in the so-called Bofors scandal . In November 1989 the Janata Dal won the elections and placed Vishwanath Pratap Singh as Prime Minister in a coalition with several smaller parties . The coalition broke up in November 1990.
The Janata Dal could provide two more prime ministers. Deve Gowda served from June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997 times and Indian Kumar Gujral from April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998 . After a relatively short period of time, both were withdrawn from the congressional party that had initially supported these candidates.
In the period that followed, individual groups of the party split off, the so-called Janata Parivar parties . Many of them still play an important role in Indian politics today:
- Samajwadi party
- Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Janata Dal (United)
- Janata Dal (Secular)
- Biju Janata Dal
- Lok Janshakti Party
- Janata Party (now merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party )
- Indian National Lok Dal
- Samata Party (now merged with Janata Dal (United) )
The Janata Dal itself no longer plays a role today.
On April 4, 2015, several Janata Dal successor parties announced that they wanted to unite into a single “Janata Parivar” party. The six parties were Samajwadi Party , Janata Dal (United) , Janata Dal (Secular) , Rashtriya Janata Dal , Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party .
Election results
The following table shows the election results (seats won) in the all-India parliamentary elections.
| year | choice | voting share |
Seats in parliament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |
 Elected Lok Sabha in 1989
|
17.79% |
143/529 |
| 1991 |
Election for Lok Sabha in 1991
|
11.84% |
59/521 |
| 1996 |
Elected Lok Sabha 1996
|
8.08% |
46/543 |
| 1998 |
Election for Lok Sabha in 1998
|
3.24% |
6/543 |
literature
- Lewis P. Fickett, Jr .: The Rise and Fall of the Janata Dal. Asian Survey Vol. 33, No. 12 (Dec. 1993), pp. 1151-1162. doi : 10.2307 / 2645175 , JSTOR 2645175
Individual evidence
- ↑ Srinand Jha: Six parties unite to form the Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief. Hindustan Times, April 16, 2015, accessed May 18, 2015 .
- ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed October 12, 2014 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).