Saturday, 23 November 2019

Cl 9 Civics Electoral Politics

3. How is the voters list prepared?
Ans. * in our country all the citizens aged 18 and above are eligible to vote in the election.
* every citizen has the right to vote regardless of his caste, Creed, sex and religion.
* the government is responsible for entering the names of all the eligible voters on the voters list.
* name of those who have moved out of the constituency or are dead are removed from the voter list.
* A complete revision of the voter list is done every 5 years for updating it.

4. Describe the challenges to free and fair elections in India.
Ans. Challenges to the elections in India are:
* candidates and parties with a lot of money may not be sure of their victory but they do enjoy an advantage over smaller parties and independent candidates.
* in some parts of the country candidates with criminal connection have been able to secure a ticket from major parties.
* some families tend to dominate the political parties. Tickets are distributed to members of these families.
* very often elections offer little choice to ordinary citizens as both the major parties are similar to each other in their policies and practices.
* smaller parties and independent candidates suffer a huge disadvantage as compared to the bigger parties.

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