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    Elections are a democratic way to select representatives at regular intervals. They ensure representatives rule according to people's wishes by allowing voters to choose parties and policies to guide the government. Elections must be held freely and fairly to be considered democratic, with everyone receiving equal votes and a wide choice of candidates and parties. While competition can create disunity, it also forces parties and leaders to perform for fear of being voted out if not meeting expectations. India's election system divides the country into constituencies where citizens vote for representatives to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

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    Elections are a democratic way to select representatives at regular intervals. They ensure representatives rule according to people's wishes by allowing voters to choose parties and policies to guide the government. Elections must be held freely and fairly to be considered democratic, with everyone receiving equal votes and a wide choice of candidates and parties. While competition can create disunity, it also forces parties and leaders to perform for fear of being voted out if not meeting expectations. India's election system divides the country into constituencies where citizens vote for representatives to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

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    Chapter-4 Political Science


    Electoral Politics
    ELECTIONS
    • Elections are a democratic way of selecting representatives.
    • They ensure that the representatives rule as per the wishes of the people.
    • Elections help voters to choose representatives who will make laws for them, form the
    government and take major decisions.
    • The voters can choose the party whose policies will guide the government and law
    making.
    • Thus election is a mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular
    intervals and change them if they wish to.

    ELECTION DEMOCRATIC
    • Everyone should be able to choose, i.e. everyone should have one vote and every vote
    should have equal value. Universal Adult Franchise.
    • There should be parties and candidates to choose from, freedom to contest and a wide
    choice for people.
    • Elections must be held at regular intervals.
    • Candidate preferred by the people should be elected.
    • Elections should be held in a fair and free atmosphere to be democratic.

    Political Competition: Demerits


    • Creates a sense of disunity and ‘party politics’.
    • Parties level allegations against each other of using dirty tricks to win elections.
    • Long-term policies cannot be formulated.
    • Good people do not enter politics.

    Merits: Elections are good because they force the ruling party to perform. The government is
    aware that it will be voted out of power if it does not perform as the people expected.
    • It forces parties and leaders to perform, so competition is good.

    Our Election System


    • First a voters list is compiled.
    • Then the election date is announced.
    • The country is divided into constituencies for purpose of elections.
    • The voters have to elect one representative for the Lok Sabha from each constituency
    (Lok Sabha has 543 constituencies), called Member of Parliament. The constituencies
    are formed on basis of population.
    • Similarly, each state is divided into constituencies and a specific number of members
    called Members of the Legislative Assembly are elected.
    • The dates of General Elections are announced.
    • Each party declares its Manifesto and prepares a list of nominations.

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