Question

Write any three demerits of 'Democracy' ?

Answer 1

1. If there is time to vote for prime minister or any other if there are two opposing groups to vote so just suppose that if the first party got 100 out of 60 votes and the other one 40 so commonly 60 votes are more than 40 so if the first one is elected so what about the other 40 persons. Its a loss point for democracy because that 40 are unfit for the first group

Answer 2

The demerits of democracy may include the following:

Making the wrong choice at elections and the elected leader is only interested in vote bank politics (corruption)

The people at times do not appreciate the power of their vote and do not therefore vote at all

Representatives may not be elected on merit. In a system of voting the majority rules and there's no distinction between the votes of the literate and the illiterate.

It takes long to take decisions and implement them

Authorities are usually working on short term goals as they have to face an election every so many years.

A lot of expenditure goes on elections. Candidates spend a lot on voters to influence them to vote for their party.

In many countries (especially Africa) the electorate in not knowledgeable and yet there is no distinction between their vote and those of the knowledgeable