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The Impact of Anti Defection Law on Indian Politics : A Comparative study of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka

Author(s) Mr. Abhay Jain, Ms. Anjul Yadav
Country India
Abstract The Anti-Defection Law was enacted through the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985 as per the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, referring to the political opportunism and stabilizes India's parliamentary democracy. Despite almost thirty years of operation and significant changes in 2003, there is still a continuous tendency by Legislator defections to bring down state administrations. This is particularly evident in Karnataka (2019), Madhya Pradesh (2020), and Maharashtra (2022–2024). To determine whether the law has fulfilled its constitutional goals or not. This paper conducts an empirical, case-study-based analysis of these three incidents that happened. The study, which draws from institutional reports, legislative data, and court proceedings, concludes that although the law has curbed individual, ad hoc floor-crossing, it has also encouraged planned mass resignations and intra-party factional splits that avoid its disqualification provisions. The primary structural flaw in all three instances is the speaker's dual function as a member of a political party and a quasi-judicial arbiter. The study makes an evidence-based case for institutional reform after concluding that procedural flaws, adjudicatory delays, and the lack of an independent tribunal have significantly reduced the law's formal deterrent power.
Keywords legislative stability, Speaker adjudication, Indian politics, political defection, anti-defection statute, and the Tenth Schedule
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-09-05
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.83169
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