caste as a determinant of voting behaviour
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India is the largest Democracy in the World, Voting is one of the most commonly used terms in
contemporary age of democratic politics. In democratic systems, and their number is quite large
and ever increasing, each adult citizen uses ‘voting’ as a means for expressing his approval or
disapproval of governmental decisions, policies and programmers of various political parties and
the qualities of the candidates who are engaged in the struggle to get the status of being the
representatives of the people. An empirical study of the determinants of electoral behaviour
displays the astounding fact that the behaviour of man is influenced by several irrational factors
and pressure groups in invoking religious and communal factors, influence of money or
charismatic personality of a leader and host of other irrational forces have their definite influence
on the minds of the voter. However, in broad terms, as Richaed Rose and Harve Massavir point
out, voting covers as many as six important functions:-
1. It involves individual‟s choice of governors or major governmental policies;
2. It permits individuals to participate in a reciprocal and continuing exchange of influence with
office- holders and candidates;
3. It contributes to the development or maintenance of an individual‟s allegiance to the existing
constitutional regime;
4. It contributes to the development or maintenance of a voter‟s disaffection from existing
constitutional regime;
5. It has emotional significance for individuals; and
6. For some individuals it may be functionless i.e devoid of any emotional or political significant
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