State two reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine election result of India
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(i) In our country, no parliamentary constituency has a clear majority of one single caste. So every candidate and party tries to win the confidence of more than one caste and community. If these parties and the candidate win the confidence of people belongs to various different castes then it is easy for them to win the elections
(ii) It is also true that no party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community. Many political leaders and people refers that a caste is a ‘vote bank’ of one party. This simply means that people from that particular caste or community will vote in a large proportion for that party or that particular candidate
caste alone can not determine election result in India due to the following reasons:
1 while caste matters in politics, so do other factors.
2 the voters have strong attachment to political parties which is often stronger than their attachment to their caste or community.
3 people within the same caste or community have different interests depending on their economic conditions.
4 rich and poor or men and women from the same caste often vote differently.
5 people's assessment of the performance of the popularity rating of the leaders matter and are often decisive in elections.