Patterns of political mobilization in the parliamentary and assembly elections of 1989 and 1990, Harold A. Gould; local support bases and ninth general election in Bihar and Maharashtra, Harry Blair; the Janata Dal in the ninth Indian general election and its future prospects, Lewis P. Fickett; caste, class, and community in the ninth general election, Paul R. Brass; Indian electoral politics 1989-1990 - centre-state dynamics, Paul Wallace; the media and cultural politics, Lloyd I. Wallace; women's politics and land control in an Indian election - lasting influences of the freedom movement in North Bihar, Wendy Singer; the impact of foreign policy on the ninth general election, Sumit Ganguly.