12. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Election and all about competition
Political competition takes place when different political parties compete to gain the confidence
and the vote of the voters. They make promises and give incentives to motivate the voters to vote
them. This electoral competition has many demerits like it creates a sense of disunity and
factionalism as well as party politics in every locality. Different political parties and candidates of
an use dirty tricks like booth capturing to win elections the competition leads to the idea of being
dragged into an healthy competition full stop that is why good people do not enter and participate
in the political competition but regular electoral competition provides incentives to political parties
and leaders. If they can satisfy the voters with their work they will be able to win again.
a. Define the term political competition?
b. To what extent do you agree that electoral competition leads to electoral fights. Give reasons.
c. How is electoral competition helpful to political parties and leaders to win an election? Justify
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ans3 Regular electoral competition provides incentives to political parties and leaders. ... Political parties know that if they raise issues that people want to be raised, their popularity and chances of victory will increase in the next elections.
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a. Political Competition refers to the notion when different political parties compete to gain the confidence of the masses i.e. the voters, in order to win majority votes.
b. Electoral competition often leads to electoral fights when parties resort to immoral tactics like
- booth capturing
- rigging
- political coercion
- bribery.
c. Electoral competition is a necessity in a multi-party democratic set-up in a country like India.
- It offers a platform for the opposing parties to come forward and take ownership of their actions and put forward their manifestos before the general public.
- The public then decides the outcome based on the performance of the political parties.
Explanation:
- Free and fair regular elections act as a way to check the healthy working of a democracy.
- One of the features of a multi-party system is electoral competition wherein multiple parties fight against each other to gain the maximum vote share and form the government.
- It is common for the parties to resort to corrupt practices like booth capturing, rigging etc. for their political gains. This can lead to unpleasant public scenarios between the different parties.
- But at the same times, one must look at the brighter side. The transparency that electoral competitions provide is crucial in a democratic set-up where he power to decide the government lies with the masses.
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