1. Explain any four challenges faced by election system in India
2. Why do we need elections ? Mention any three demerits of a
3. How can we check the quality of the election process?
4. Explain the role of the Election Commission in free and faire
5. What is meant by booth capturing ?
6. What is 'Ballot Paper' ?
7. What do you understand by the term 'By-election'?
8. What is meant by General Election ?
9. How and by whom is the voters' list prepared?
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Answer:
1.(i) Candidates and parties with a lot of money may not be sure of their victory but they do enjoy a big and unfair advantage over smaller parties and independents.
(ii) In some parts of the country, candidates with criminal connection have been able to push others out of the electoral race and to secure a ticket from major parties.
(iii) Some families tend to dominate political parties. Tickets are distributed to relatives from these families.
(iv) Very often elections offer little choice to ordinary citizens, for both the major parties are quite similar to each other both in policies and practice.
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4.The Election Commission is regarded as the guardian of elections in the country. In every election, it issues a Model Code of Conduct for political parties and candidates to conduct elections in a free and fair manner. ... The election commission has the right to allow symbols to the political parties.
5.Booth capturing is a type of electoral fraud in which party loyalists "capture" a polling booth and vote in place of legitimate voters to ensure that their candidate wins.
6.a slip of paper used to register a vote.
7.A by-election, also spelled bye-election, and also known as a special election (United States, the Philippines) or a bypoll (India), is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.
8.the election of representatives to a legislature (in the UK, to the House of Commons) from constituencies throughout the country
9.The voter list is prepared by the 'Election Commission'. For a name to appear on the voter list, the registration is must so that each individual can claim his right to vote. Explanation: The voter list or electoral list is the list of persons who have the eligibility to vote.
