Question

Demerit of universal adult
franchise

Answer 1

universal adult franchise means anyone who is above 18 years of age have a right to vote and elect their representative

Following arguments are given against Universal Adult Franchise:

(i) Illiterate persons are not able to exercise their right to vote properly, so this right should be given only to the educated citizens.

(ii) Poor people are liable to sell their votes. So this right should not be given to them.

(iii) The system is very expensive. Large-scale arrangements have to be made for the election.

Answer 2

Demerits of the universal adult franchise are:-

• Uneducated people are unable to utilize their right to vote fairly, which is why this right is only given to the literate group of citizens.
• Illiterate citizens are responsible to sell their vote and that is why this right is not authorized to them.
• This whole organization is overpriced and the women are not allowed to give their votes and their work is only in their homes not in politics.
• There are some people, especially women are illiberal by nature and cannot make a dominant use of their right to vote.