CLASS 9 ELECTORAL POLITICS CIVICS CBSE Cheat Sheet by SilverPearl

to choose repres­ent­atives.

CHOICES OF THE PEOPLE:

to make repres­ent­atives rule as per wishes of the people

2. party whose policies will guide the government and law making.

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people cant sit together everyday, take decisions and have the time and knowledge for all matters.

In a democratic election, the list of those who are eligible to vote and who are not is prepared much before the election and given to everyone. This list if officially called the Electoral Roll and is commonly known as the voter's list.

EPIC(e­lec­tion, photo identity card) are cards issued by the government to everyone on the voters list so that on one can vote for them.

Free and open discussion about who is a better repres­ent­ative, which party will make a better government or what is a good policy is discussed during an election campaign.

During this period the candidates contact their voters, political leaders address election meetings and political parties mobilise their suppor­ters. This is also a period when TV and newspapers are full of election related stories and debates.

ELECTION LAW:

~ cannot appeal to them in the name of caste or religion.

~ spend more than 25 lakh in a consti­tuency for lok sabha elections or 10 lakh in an assembly election.

~ cannot use any place of worship for election propag­anda.

~ once elections are announced ministers cannot lay foundation stones of any projects, take any big policy decision or make any promises of providing public facili­ties.

~ free and fair

~ real choice of parties

~ candidates can contest elections

2. compet­ition allows leaders to get rewarded.

2. to beat other parties, some parties use dirty tricks such as bribery.

4. regular electoral election allows parties to bring out issues that people want to be brought out so their popularity and chances of victory increases.

4. good people do not bring dragged into unhealthy compet­ition.

There are no restri­ctions on anyone to contest an election.

Minimum age to be a candidate is 25yrs.

Parties nominate their candidates who get the party symbol and support. Parties nomination is often called party ticket.

Every candidate has to make legal declar­ation and give full details of criminal cases, details of assets and liabil­ities, educat­ional qualif­ica­tions of the candidate.

The final stage of an election is the day when the voters cast or ‘poll’ their vote. That day is usually called the election day.

Nowadays electronic voting machines (EVM) are used to record votes. The machine shows the names of the candidates and the party symbols.

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The agents of all candidates are present there to ensure that the counting is done properly.

Outcome of indian elections speaks for itself.

2. In the US, sitting elected repres­ent­ative rarely loses an election. In India about half of MLA and MPs lose elections.

4. The electoral outcomes are usually accepted as 'people's verdict' by the defeated party.

Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections are held regularly after every five years.

Sometimes election is held for only one consti­tuency because of a vacancy, caused by death or resign­ation of a member. This is called a by-ele­ction.

In our country we follow an area based system of repres­ent­ation.

These areas of are electoral consti­tue­ncies.

Each consti­tuency has equally rough amount of population because every vote has one value.

Each village or town is divided into several ward that are like consti­tue­ncies.

Certain weaker sections may not stand a good chance to get elected in the Lok Sabha or the state legisl­ative assemblies because they may not have the required resources, education and contacts to contest and win elections against those who are influe­ntial, powerful and resour­ceful.

Therefore the consti­tution thought of a special system of reserved consti­tue­ncies for the weaker sections.

In many states, seats in rural and urban local bodies are now reserved for other backward classe­s(OBC).

indepe­ndent election commis­sion:

2. Location of the polling and counting stations

4. Implem­­enting and overseeing Model Code of Conduct

6. Recognises the national, state and regional status of political parties

Another way to check the quality of the election process is to see whether people partic­ipate in it with enthus­iasm.

1. people's partic­ipation is usually measured by voter turnout figure­s.(­turnout indicates the per cent of eligible voters who actually cast their vote)

3. Common people in India attach a lot of importance to elections because they feel that through elections they can bring pressure on political parties to adopt policies and programmes favourable to them. They also feel that their vote matters.

1. Candidates and parties with a lot of money may not be sure of their victory but they do enjoy a big and unfair advantage over smaller parties and indepe­ndants.

3. some families tend to dominate political parties; tickets are distri­buted to relatives from these families.

5. Smaller parties and indepe­ndent candidates suffer a huge disadv­antage compared to bigger parties.