what is incumbent? Explain any four challenges to free and fair election
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incubent usually refers the the houses of the parliament.
from the wikipedia and incubent is a .....
"The incumbent is the existing holder of a political office. It is usually used in reference to elections where races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbents. Incumbents have structural advantages over challengers during elections"
challenges to free and fair elections include..
1)parties which have a lot of money may not be sure of their victory but enjoy a advantage over the bigger parties.
2)certains families tend to dominate the political parties and give the tickets to the relatives.
3)the election often offer little or no choice to the voters.
4) independent candidate will face a huge disadvantage over the bigger parties
5) Candidate with criminal connection have been able to remove people from the electoral race
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