Question

Discuss the People's participation during the election process in India.

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Answer 1

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People’s participation in the election is what makes our democracy a representative and participatory democracy. But the meaning of people’s participation does not begin and end with their voting in elections.

People’s participation is also expressed through public debates, newspaper editorials, protest demonstrations and their active involvement in governmental programmes. Even in respect of the election process, it includes participation in campaigns, political discussions, working for political parties and standing as candidates.

People’s participation may be defined as, “behaviour through which people directly express their political opinions”. This conceptualization is broad enough to cover the electoral and non-electoral forms of political participation.

In fact, participation comprises all those actions of citizens by which they seek to influence, support or criticize the government and its policies. They do so to ensure that their representatives respond to their needs and aspirations.

Answer 2

$\textbf{Question:-}$

Discuss the People's participation during the election process in India.

★$\textbf{To know:-}$

• A simple method of checking if the elections are free or fair or not is to look at the people's participation.
• People will continue to participate in the elections only if the election process is free or fair.

★$\textbf{Answer:-}$

People's participation during the election process in India can be described as follows:-

1.Voter Turnout shows the percent of eligible voters who actually cast their votes.People's participation in election is estimated by voter turnout figures.The turnout has either remained stable or gone up in India.

2.The poor,illiterate and underprivileged people vote in greater proportion in contrast to the rich and privileged ones. This is opposite to western democracies. Poor people and other minorities vote much less in USA.

3.Common people link great importance to elections. They think that their votes matter in running the country and they can bring pressure on political parties to adopt favourable policies and programmes.

4.Voter's interest has been increasing in the election-related activities.

5.For ex-More than one-third voters took part in a campaign related activity in the year 2004.More than 50 % people were found close to one or other political party. Every seventh voter is a member of some political party.