Question

9. How true it can be that elections should
be held at
every
interval and in these
elections we can
change them
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Answer 1

Explanation:

ITICS

OVERVIEW

In Chapter Two we have seen that in a democracy it is neither possible nor

necessary for people to govern directly. The most common form of

democracy in our times is for the people to govern through their

representatives. In this chapter we will look at how these representatives

are elected. We begin by understanding why elections are necessary and

useful in a democracy. We try to understand how electoral competition

among parties serves the people. We then go on to ask what makes an

election democratic. The basic idea here is to distinguish democratic

elections from non-democratic elections.

The rest of the chapter tries to assess elections in India in the light of

this yardstick. We take a look at each stage of elections, from the drawing

of boundaries of different constituencies to the declaration of results. At

each stage we ask what should happen and what does happen in elections.

Towards the end of the chapter, we turn to an assessment of whether

elections in India are free and fair. Here we also examine the role of the

Election Commission in ensuring free and fair election