Electoral Politics In Arunachal Pradesh

The primary concern of this study is to find a suitable answer(s) to the question: how and why a voter decides for whom to vote? Scholars working on the politics of Arunachal Pradesh have restricted themselves to political institutions and constitutional development. This work, 'Electoral Politics in Arunachal Pradesh' is an attempt to study the political process so as to understand the dynamics of the state politics. The present study understands the social and political values attached to elections by the voters through the understanding of their voting behavior. The degree of participation of the tribal voters in political activities in the stat€ of Arunachal Pradesh can be best judged by understanding their participation in electoral politics. A tribal voter generally equates political activities with electoral activities as his political participation revolves around elections around election related activities.