Question

Explain challenges and limitation to free and fair elections

Answer 1

1. Muscular power at polling booths.
2. Givind money to voters for changing opinion.
3. Not allowing voters to go to polling booths.
4. Using name of other person to cast vote.
5. Casting multiple votes from the same name.

Answer 2

Important issues which bring many limitations and challenges of Indian elections to our attention are following

(i) Candidates and parties with lot of money enjoy a big and unfair advantage over smaller parties or independent candidates.

(ii) Candidates with criminal records have been able to push others Out of electoral race and - secure a ticket from major parties.

(iii) Some families tend to dominate political parties and secure tickets for their own family members.

(iv) Smaller panics and independents suffer a huge disadvantage compared to bigger parties.