Question Bank Electoral Politics

INDIAN SCHOOL ALWADI ALKABIR

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

QUESTION BANK ELECTORAL POLITICS

CLASS IX

SESSION: 2017-2018

• People can choose who will make law for them.
• They can choose who form the government and take major decisions.
• They can choose the party whose policies will guide the government.

• Everyone should have one vote and every vote should have same value.
• Parties and candidates should be free to contest elections and should offer some real choice.
• Elections must be held on a regular interval.
• The candidates preferred by the voters should get elected.
• Elections should be conducted in a free and fair manner.

• Regular electoral competition provides incentives to political parties and leaders.
• They know if they raise issues that people want to be raised their popularities and chances of victory will increase in the next election.
• So, if a political party is motivated only by desire to be in power even then it will be forced to serve the people.

• It creates disunity and factionalism in the society.
• Different political parties and candidates often level allegation against each other.
• Dirty tricks are used by the parties or the candidates to win the election.
• Pressure to win the election does not allow sensible long term policies to be formulated.
• Some good people may wish to serve the country do not enter the arena.

• The entire nation is divided into several smaller units for purposes of Elections are known as Electoral constituencies.
• There are 543constitutencies in India.

• This system of reservation is extended to Vidhan Sabha and Panchayat and Municipal Corporations.
• Makers of our Constitution were worried that certain weaker sections in the society may not be able to get elected to parliament and State Parliament.
• Reserved seats are necessary because the required resources, education and contacts to contest and win election against others.
• One third of the seats are reserved in rural and urban local bodies for women candidates.
• One-thir

• In India anyone who is a voter can contest election provided he has attained the age of 25 years.
• Political parties nominate their candidates who get the party symbol and support.
• Candidates who are contesting election have to fill a nomination form and give some money as security deposit.
• Now as per the direction of the Supreme Court every candidates has to make a legal declaration giving the following information:

• According to our election law neither party nor any candidate can bribe or threaten voters.
• They should not appeal to the voters in the name of caste or religion.
• They should not use government resources for election campaign like govt. vehicles or places etc.
• A candidate should not spend more than 25 lakhs in a constituency for Lok Sabha election and10 lakhs for Vidhan Sabha election.
• If any of the above is violated their election can be rejected by the court even after they had been declared elected.

• A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting candidates along with party name and symbols are listed.

• It is easy to carry.
• Votes can be cast easily and faster to count.
• Delay in the declaration of results can be avoided
• It is not possible to manipulate with the EVM.

• Use any place of worship for election propaganda.
• Use government vehicles ,aircrafts and officials for election and
• Once elections are announced Ministers shall not lay foundation stones of any projects, take any policy decisions or make any decisions or make any promises of providing public facilities.

• The ruling parties routinely lose elections in India both at the national and state level.
• In the US a sitting elected representative rarely loses an election. In India half of the MPs MLAs lose elections.
• Candidates who are known to have spent a lot of money buying votes and those who known with criminal connections often lose elections.
• Apart from very few disputed elections the electoral outcomes are usually accepted as people’s verdict by the defeated party.

• Candidates and parties with a lot of money may not sure of their victory but do enjoy a big and unfair advantage over smaller parties and independents.
• In some parts of the country candidates with criminal connection have been able to push others out of the electoral race and to secure a ticket from major parties.
• Some families tend to dominate political parties .Tickets are distributed to the relatives from these families.
• Very often election offer very little choice to ordinary citizens as all the major parties are similar to each other both in policies and practice.
• Smaller parties and independent candidates suffer a huge disadvantage compared to bigger parties

• Inclusion of false names and exclusion of genuine names.
• Misuse of government facilities and officials by the ruling party.
• Excessive use of money by rich candidates or big party.
• Intimidation of voters and rigging on the polling day.

• EC Takes decisions on every aspect of conduct and control of elections from the announcement of elections to the declaration of results.
• It implements the Code of Conduct and punishes any candidate or party that violates it.
• During the election period the EC can order the governments to follow some guidelines.
• When on election duty governments officers work under the control of the EC.
• When election officers work under the control of the EC and not the government.

• In India all above the age of 18 can vote in an election. They have a right to vote regardless of their caste, creed religion and economic condition.
• Criminals and the persons with unsound mind are denied to vote.

• In a democratic election a list is prepared by the government with the names of all eligible voters of the country. This list officially known as the Electoral Roll and commonly known as the Voter’s List.
• It is the responsibility of the government to revise this list in every 5 yrs. This is done to ensure that it remains update.