Anti-defection law

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Rajiv Gandhi, 31 Oct 1984 to 2 Dec 1989

   INC INC government

   • ImplementedINC1 Mar 1985

     Anti-Defection Law (52nd Amendment, Tenth Schedule), 1985

     Constitutional amendment adding the Tenth Schedule, which disqualifies legislators who voluntarily give up party membership or vote against party direction, with the presiding officer deciding.

     Evidence points +9.5 (range +7.0 to +12.0)