Question

Mention any four defects of the indian electoral system

Answer 1

Explanation:

The defects of Indian Electoral System :-

1. Money power.
2. Muscle power.
3. Misuse of government machinery .
4. Lack of moral values in political parties.
5. Non - serious candidates in the political parties .
6. Criminalisation of politics .
7. Casteism.
8. Communism.

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Answer 2

Answer:

• Disproportionality
• Majority governments
• Excludes women and minorities from fair elections
• Susceptible to manipulation

Explanation:

The form of electoral system used in India for General Assembly Elections is First-past-the-post-system. In this system, each voter has a single vote. If a person in a constituency gets the highest number of votes, he/she wins. Here, the highest votes are in terms of “relative majority”, i.e., a person should score more than the best of opposition. Voting takes place in single member constituencies in India and on a categorical ballot. Categorical ballot is the one in which a person has to decide the candidate he prefers over all the other candidates.

Some defects of the Indian electoral system:

• Disproportionality: There is disproportionality between number of votes won by parties and share of seats won by them. In this way, the votes are wasted.
• Majority governments: This system tends to produce majority governments by over-rewarding major parties and under-rewarding smaller parties.
• Excludes women and minorities from fair elections: This system tends to exclude women and minorities from fair elections. This  serious because the laws that end up being made are devoid of the voices and experiences of these people and thus, biased and majoritarian in nature.
• Susceptible to manipulation: The candidates often indulge in vote-bank politics and sectoral politics to win elections or get re-elected. Growing intolerance can also be attributed to sectoral politics.

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