Dey, Mouli2021-02-252021-02-2520152278-4039https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3743General elections in India in present times are fought more on the plank of four Ps where populist policies promises to satisfy the pangs of hunger for comprehensive development and vigorous election campaign by a popular leader raising people’s hopes and aspirations to achieve development for an developing nation. However, survival and continuity of the popular government depends on the symmetry between ‘proclamations’ and ‘performance’. General elections also realign and reconfigure the party system.enPopularityPopulismPerformancePositivityArticle