5. Answer the following questions in detail.
What are general elections? What is role of the Election Commission in the general elections in India!
b. Who forms an opposition? How is the opposition important in a democracy?
What is meant by a multi-party system? Give an example of a country which has a multi-party system. Mention
four national parties of India.
d. What is meant by a coalition government? Give the names of some coalition governments formed in India
over a period of time.
e. State two advantages and two disadvantages of a coalition government.
Answers
1️⃣ Question: What are general elections? What is role of the Election Commission in the general elections in India?
Answer:
- An election, commonly held at regular intervals of time, in which candidates are elected in constituencies or electoral districts of a country is known as a general election.
- Usually, the election commission conducts all elections in the country. Thus, general elections are too held by the election commission by providing fixed date and times for conduction, polls, maintaining electoral rolls etc.
2️⃣ Question: Who forms an opposition? How is the opposition important in a democracy?
Answer:
- Opposition parties are the political parties or groups which oppose to a particular party and have a disagreement with them.
- An opposition party is crucial in a democracy because these can find faults due to the disputes between them which will help the majority party to mend their mistakes and therefore, gain more votes.
3️⃣ Question: What is meant by a multi-party system? Give an example of a country which has a multi-party system. Mention four national parties of India.
Answer:
- Multi-party system is a system in where many political parties across the political run for national elections, having the capability to get a control of government organisations.
- Some countries which follow the multi-party system are Germany, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Spain.
- Four national parties of India are Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and National Congress Party.
4️⃣ Question: What is meant by a coalition government? Give the names of some coalition governments formed in India over a period of time.
Answer:
- A coalition government is formed when two or more parties come together if their votes are not high in number. This usually happens to gain more number of votes.
- National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the current Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the ex Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh and Left Democratic Front LDF in Kerala are a few examples of coalition government.
5️⃣ Question: State two advantages and two disadvantages of a coalition government.
Answer:
- Advantages:
◼ Coalition favors nationalism and degrades regionalism.
◼ It helps in creating a much responsible government.
- Disadvantages:
◼ Leads to the instability of government.
◼ Generally, accommodating policies are considered rather than the developmental policy in the coalition government.
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a.It set limits on poll expenses. The commission is responsible for maintenance of the electoral rolls and establishing the schedules of elections. The commission is empowered with prohibiting dissemination or publication of voting trends that seek to influence voters by opinion polls or exit polls.
b.The party that loses the presidential elections forms the opposition. In a democracy, both parties represent a sec of people. The more votes, the stronger the position. The duty of the opposition is to point out the mistakes or loopholes in the winning party's governance and highlight issues that need to be catered. This helps better the existing governance and fulfills the main idea of a democracy where everyone is heard
c.
Good examples of countries that have this system include Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Philippines, and South KoreaA multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national election, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition. ... In these countries, usually no single party has a parliamentary majority by itself
d. coalition government in a parliamentary system is a government in which multiple political parties cooperate, reducing the dominance of any one party within that "coalition". The usual reason for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament
e.Advantages: You get a stronger government with a majority coalition than a party trying to rule with a minority. More people's views are represented in the policies implemented than if just one party ruled. ... Disadvantages: Less stable, a coalition is more likely to fall apart and break up than a one-party government.