Question

What are the demerits of democracy

Answer 1

Democracy is better than any other form of government. It gives equal rights and freedom to every individual. But then also, it has some demerits.
Following are the demerits of democracy :
(i) Unstable government - Lots of political parties are allowed to criticise the government and its policies. Sometimes, it leads to the downfall of the ruling party and re-elections in the country. This gives instability to the government.
(ii) Slow and inefficient government - The most common demerit of democracy is that it is slow in its functioning. The decision-making process involves long debates and deliberations in the Parliament. This takes a lot of time before the decisions are actually taken.
(iii) Incompetence - Democracy gives every individual the right to voice his concern. As a result, everybody focusses on his personal interests and not the collective interests. This sometimes leads to incompetent and wrong selections of the candidates in the government.
(iv) Role of money in a democracy - Money plays an important role at the time of the elections. A lot of money is needed to organise demonstrations, public meetings and speeches. Those candidates are chosen in the elections, who can raise a lot of money for the party.

Answer 2

Demerits of democracy are

leaders keeps on changing this leads to instability.

democracy is all about political competition and power play there is no scope for morality.

so many people have to be consulted in a democracy that it leads to delays.

democracy leads to corruption for it is based on electoral competition.