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Democracy and the Indian Election Process

Democracy

1- A democracy is a form of government in which the people rule, directly or through elected representatives.

2- It is the rule of the public, for the public by the public.

Voting

Voting is considered a characteristic symptom of most types of democracy. Voting is a method of decision-making or revealing the choice of people through which a person or group presents their side. Therefore, this is a fundamental process on which democracy remains alive.

Faulty Voting Process

The Indian election process is highly flawed. It violates the basic sentiments of democracy. It is only appropriate when there are only two candidates or just two types of political parties. But when more than two candidates or parties are in the election field, this process is false or unscrupulous. This process selects the candidates who most people do not like. And in this way, most people have to be ruled by a person or party acting on their unsupported ideas or principles. As if three candidates are on the ground, the public may have to be governed by 40% of the voters, while the sum of divisive votes for both the deceased candidates is 60% in any way (not more than 40% for one candidate). Candidates selected in this manner will always determine a 40% public policy, which is against the desire of most people.

Potential Solutions

1- The number of candidates who are in the electoral fray, so many numbers should be attributed to one vote. If the voter marks only a mark (vote), then all the numbers should go in favor of that candidate. There are two types of arrangements possible for marking more than one mark on a voter.

·       A- All points are distributed equally among all candidates.

·       B- Considering the order of marking the voter's button or marking the vote as the voter's choice, assuming the first, second, third ... choice, the points will be divided according to the same preference. Such as 50% on the first choice, 30% on the second, and 20% on his 3rd choice, etc. This vote digit division can also be decided by the number of candidates as (1) 60-40, (2) 50-30-20, (3) 40-30-20-10, etc. Or in this method, a condition can also be added as per the requirement that only the first three or four preferences will be awarded.

2- Political alliances of parties should be restricted entirely after elections. It is also contrary to the original sentiments of democracy. Political parties compromise with their ideology and principles to profit themselves. They rule the majority of the people who are opposed to the ruling party or candidates. The public's opinion is never taken into consideration, and elected representatives often combine with parties of conflicting ideologies to gain power.

Though this method can be problematic for implementation in rural and backward areas, where even today, elderly voters face trouble understanding the voting process, it can be implemented in urban and developed areas. In this way, we can avoid situations like Karnataka and Maharashtra and the probability of interim elections in the country. Interim elections cause heavy losses of wealth for the government and candidates. It also causes frustration for the voters.

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