Electoral Politics | CBSE Class 9 Civics/Political Science Chapter 3 NCERT | Social Studies Vedantu

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22. Why Elections?
Why do we need elections?
What makes an election Democratic?
Is it good to have political competition?
What is our System of Election?
Electoral constituencies
Reserved Constituencies
Voters’ list
What is our System of Election?

23. Why Elections?

24. ❖ Elections can lead to changes in the policy of the
government.
❖ If people are not happy with the working of the
existing government they can change the
government.
❖ Party that bags the majority of the seats in the Lok
Sabha or the State Legislative Assembly forms the
government.

25. 1. The Congress
party has led the
government since
1982.
2. Opposition
leader Chaudhary
Devi Lal led a
movement - ‘Nyaya
yudh’ & formed a
new Party
3. 1987 Election:
Devi Lal won
Election based on
his promise to
waive the loans of
farmers and small
businessmen
4. The sitting Chief
Minister resigned.
5. The newly
elected Members of
Legislative
Assembly (MLAs)
of Lok Dal chose
Devi Lal as the chief
minister
Example
of
Haryana

26. Why do we need elections?

27. The mechanism by which people can choose their
representatives at regular intervals and change them if
they wish to do so is called election.
During election the voters make many following
choices:
❖ They can choose who will make laws for them.
❖ They can choose who will form the government
and take major decisions.
❖ They can choose the party whose policies will
guide the government and law making.

28. What makes an election
Democratic?

29. Minimum conditions of a democratic
election
❖ Everyone should be able to choose - Everyone
should have one vote and every vote should have
equal value.
❖ There should be something to choose from -
Parties and candidates should be free to contest
elections.

30. ❖ The choice should be offered at regular intervals -
Elections must be held regularly after every few
years.
❖ The candidate preferred by the people should get
elected.
❖ Elections should be conducted in a free and fair
manner.

31. Is it good to have political
competition?

32. ❖ Elections are all about political competition.
❖ Competition takes various forms.
❖ Most obvious form is competition among political
parties.
❖ At the constituency level, it takes the form of
competition among several candidates.
❖ If there is no competition, elections will become
pointless.

33. Demerits of Political Parties
A sense of disunity ‘Factionalism’
‘Party-politics’
Allegations on one
another
Dirty tricks to win elections

34. Characteristics & Problems of Political
Leaders
❖ Motivated by a desire to advance their political
careers.
❖ Want to remain in power.
❖ Wish to serve the people as well, but it is risky
to depend entirely on their sense of duty.
❖ Sometimes they may not know what is required
to the people.

35. How do we deal with this real life
situation?
❖ One way - To try and improve the knowledge
and character of political leaders.
❖ The other way - To set up a system where
political leaders are rewarded for serving the
people and punished for not doing so.

36. Who decides this reward or
punishment?
● It is the people.
● Regular electoral competition provides
incentives to political parties and leaders.
● If the leaders fail to satisfy the voters with
their work they will not be able to win again.

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38. What is our System of
Election?

39. ● Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha (Assembly)
elections are held regularly after every 5 years.
● The Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha stands
‘dissolved’ after 5 years.
● Elections are held in all constituencies within a
few days which is called a general election.
● Election held only for one constituency to fill
the vacancy due to death or resignation of a
member is called a by-election.

40. Electoral Constituencies

41. ● In our country we follow an area based system of
representation.
● The country is divided into different areas for
purposes of elections.
● These areas are called electoral constituencies.
● The voters who live in an area elect one
representative.

42. National Level:
1. Lok Sabha elections - Country is divided into
543 constituencies.
2. Representative elected from each constituency
is called a Member of Parliament or an MP.
State Level:
1. Each state is divided into a specific number of
Assembly constituencies.
2. Elected representative is called the Member of
Legislative Assembly or an MLA.
3. Each Parliamentary constituency has within it
several assembly constituencies.

43. Village Level:
1. Each village or town is divided into several
‘wards’ like constituencies.
2. Each ward elects one member of the village or
the urban local body.
3. Sometimes these constituencies are counted
as ‘seats’.
4. Each constituency represents one seat in the
assembly.

44. Reserved Constituencies

45. ❖ Some constituencies are reserved for Scheduled
Castes [SC] and Scheduled Tribes [ST].
❖ Lok Sabha - 84 seats are reserved for the
Scheduled Castes and 47 for the Scheduled
Tribes (as on 1 September 2012).

46. ❖ This system of reservation was also extended
district and local level.
❖ In many states, seats in rural (panchayat) and
urban (municipalities and corporations) are
now reserved for Other Backward Classes
(OBC) as well.
❖ Similarly, one-third of the seats are reserved in
rural and urban local bodies for women
candidates.

47. Voters’ list

48. ● The list of those who are eligible to vote is prepared
much before the election.
● This list is officially called the Electoral Roll and is
commonly known as the Voters’ List.
● First condition of a democratic election: Everyone
should get an equal opportunity to choose
representatives.
● All adult citizens of 18 years and above can vote in
elections.
● Every citizen has the right to vote, regardless of his or
her caste, religion or gender.

49. ❖ A complete revision of the list takes place every
five years.
❖ A new system of Election Photo Identity Card
[EPIC] has been introduced.
❖ But the card is not yet compulsory for voting.
❖ Voters can show many other proofs of identity
like the ration card or the driving licence.

50. Nomination of the Candidates

51. ❖ Anyone who can be a voter can also become a
candidate in elections.
❖ Difference of age - To be a candidate the minimum
age is 25 years and for voters is 18 years.
❖ Political parties nominate their candidate.
❖ Party’s nomination is often called a ‘party ticket’.
❖ Candidate has to fill a ‘nomination form’ and give
some money as ‘security deposit’.

52. According to Supreme Court, every candidate has to
make a legal declaration, giving full details of:
1. Serious criminal cases pending against the
candidate.
2. Details of the assets and liabilities of the
candidate and his or her family.
3. Education qualifications of the candidate. This
information has to be made public.

53. Q. Reserved Constituencies
ensures
A. Equality of opportunity
B. Educational Rights
C. Proper representation to the
weaker sections of society
D. None of the above

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