disadvantage of direct election and indirect election
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Demerits of direct elections
Direct elections are very expensive. It incurs huge expenditure on the public exchequer. For example in the nine phased 2014 Lok Sabha elections, a whopping 30,000 crore was spent by the government, political parties and candidates. Out of which, the Election Commission alone spent 3,426 crores.
Illiterate voters sometimes gets misguided by false propaganda and sometimes vote taking in to caste, religious and various other sectarian considerations. This may result in the election of undeserving candidates. There are also instances of Cash for vote
Since conducting direct elections are a massive exercise, ensuring free and fair elections at all the polling booths may not be possible. There are some instances of booth capturing, violence, intimidation of election officials etc. which undermines the credentials of the election process.
Role of money power in direct elections cannot be negated. There are instances of some political candidates influencing the voters through payments in the form of cash, goods, or services. Poor voters expect bribes from political candidates during election time. This in turn leads to wide scale corruption and malpractices. It is a well known fact that money power has the potential to swing at least some elections. These practices are a regular feature of elections in South India especially in the states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Election campaigns sometimes results in violence, tension, law and order problems and affects the day to day life of people.
Demerits of Indirect elections
Since the number of voters are very small. There exists possibility of corruption, bribery, horse trading etc.
It is less democratic because people do not have direct opportunity to elect, they instead do through their representatives. So, this may not reflect the true will of the people.
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Demerits of direct elections
Direct elections are very expensive. It incurs huge expenditure on the public exchequer. For example in the nine phased 2014 Lok Sabha elections, a whopping 30,000 crore was spent by the government, political parties and candidates. Out of which, the Election Commission alone spent 3,426 crores.
Illiterate voters sometimes gets misguided by false propaganda and sometimes vote taking in to caste, religious and various other sectarian considerations. This may result in the election of undeserving candidates. There are also instances of Cash for vote
Since conducting direct elections are a massive exercise, ensuring free and fair elections at all the polling booths may not be possible. There are some instances of booth capturing, violence, intimidation of election officials etc. which undermines the credentials of the election process.
Role of money power in direct elections cannot be negated. There are instances of some political candidates influencing the voters through payments in the form of cash, goods, or services. Poor voters expect bribes from political candidates during election time. This in turn leads to wide scale corruption and malpractices. It is a well known fact that money power has the potential to swing at least some elections. These practices are a regular feature of elections in South India especially in the states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Election campaigns sometimes results in violence, tension, law and order problems and affects the day to day life of people.
Demerits of Indirect elections
Since the number of voters are very small. There exists possibility of corruption, bribery, horse trading etc.
It is less democratic because people do not have direct opportunity to elect, they instead do through their representatives. So, this may not reflect the true will of the people.