What Defines Electoral Mandate In Tamil Nadu? – Prof K Nageshwar Published by GulteDesk April 06, 2021 Indian democracy is unique for its diversity in many ways. There is no common political theme or electoral issue that wholly influences the mandate of the people. A combination of factors with relatively different degree of weightage to each, determine the electoral outcome. Of course, the performance of the incumbent government is certainly under scrutiny, besides a host of factors like social engineering, alliance arithmetic, emotive issues pushing through the campaign, etc. contribute significantly to the election mandate. Internal bickerings, corruption charges, lack of cohesive leadership haunt the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. The NDA comprising of ADMK, PMK, and BJP has to tide over the anti-incumbency with DMK led opposition strongly placed in the electoral battle.