State three main characteristics of the election system in India
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Universal adult franchise, representative democracy, and independent election commission
These were the three main characteristics of the election system in India.
Explanation:
- Universal adult franchise was guaranteed by the "constitution of India".
- Age limit was reduced from 21 to 18 through 61st constitutional amendment act.
- Each and every people have the "right to vote" irrespective of caste, religion, sex, race and so on.
- India followed the representative democracy or indirect democracy rather than direct d/emocracy.
- Independent election commission was setup under chief election commissioner and two other election commissioners.
- Sukumar Sen was the "first chief election commissioner" of India.
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The three main characteristics of the election system in India are Universal Adult Franchise, Secret Ballot, and Election Commission.
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- India is the largest democracy in world and there are several features that are particular to Indian democracy.
- Three of the main characteristics of election system of India are Universal Adult Franchise which means that all citizens that are above age of 18 can vote and they have right to elect their representatives.
- This right is given to all adults without any discrimination of any color, gender, etc. The second characteristics are the secret ballot which means that people are able to elect their representatives without any intervention from any other people.
- The third is feature is the presence of Election Commission which is an independent body that enables the elections to conducted fairly. It maintains the soul of democracy.
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