Electoral

Politics

Presented by,

Anishka

Asmitha

Deepika

Harshita

Nikita

Sai Vrinda

Shivani

Elections can be held in many ways. All democratic countries hold

elections. But most non-democratic countries also hold

some kind of elections. So …

What makes an

Election Democratic?!

..and every vote should have equal

value !!!

Every citizen should have one vote …

Voters should choose from, i.e. political parties …

..and candidates should be free to contest elections

giving the voters a real choice.

Elections should be held at regular intervals.

The candidate preferred by the people

should get elected.

Elections should be conducted in a free and fair manner where people

can choose as they really wish

These might look very simple and easy conditions, but there are

many countries where these are not fulfilled.

Is it good to have political

competition!?

Elections is basically political competition. The political competition is among

political parties. At the constituency level, it takes the form of competition among

several candidates. An electoral competition has many demerits and

merits too. While it creates a sense of disunity in every locality, if it isn’t there,

elections become quite pointless.

Demerits of

having electoral

competition

Different political parties and leaders level allegations against one another.Parties and candidates often use dirty tricks to win elections. The pressure to win elections does not allow sensible long term policies to be formulated.Good people who may wish to serve the country do not enter this arena. They do not like the idea of being dragged into unhealthy competition.A lot of money that can be used for the betterment of the nation is wasted in election campaigning.Political leaders all over the world, like all other professionals, are motivated by a desire to advance their political careersThey want to remain in power or get power and positions for themselves.They serve the people as well, but they may not know what is required to be done, or their ideas may not match with what the people really want.

So, what can be done to

improve the political

situation!?

The knowledge and character of political

leaders should improve.

Political leaders should be rewarded for serving the

people and punished if they do not serve the people.

In a democracy, reward and

punishment for political parties is

in the hands of the people who vote

them to power

So, if a political party is motivated only by desire to be in power, even

then it will be forced to serve people. Political competition might cause divisions and some ugliness, but it finally helps to force political

parties and leaders to serve the people.

Thank you …