ELECTIONS AND REPRESENTATION

ELECTIONS ARE

• METHODS TO CHOOSE REPRESENTATIVES

• TOOLS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY

• HELD GENERALLY IN NON DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES

TICKETS TO FIGHT ELECTIONS IN INDIA ARE ISSUED BY

• ELECTION COMMISSION

• POLITICAL PARTIES

• PRESIDENT OF INDIA

HOW MANY CANDIDATES ARE ELECTED FROM EACH CONSTITUENCY IN INDIA

• TWO

• ONE

• MULTIPLE

FPTP SYSTEM IS ALSO CALLED

• PLURALITY SYSTEM

• LIST SYSTEM

• DEFACTO SYSTEM

IN ISRAEL PARTIES GET SEATS IN PROPORTION TO

• VOTES

• CANDIDATES

• CASTE

WHICH METHOD OF ELECTIONS IS FOLLOWED ON RAJYA SABHA

• SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTE

• DOUBLE TRANSFERABLE VOTE

• NO TRANFERABLE VOTE

THE MAIN DRAWBACK OF FPTP SYSTEM IN INDIA IS THAT

• DOMINANT SOCIAL GROUP AND CASTE DOMINATE

• IT WORKS FOR THE ADVANTAGE OF ALL SOCIAL GROUPS

• IT ENCOURAGES BACKWARD CASTES

DELIMITATION COMMISSION DRAWS UP BOUNDRIES OF CONSTITUENCIES

• ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

• IN SOME STATES

• IN BACKWARD AREAS

WHICH BODY ACCORDS SYMBOLS TO POLITICAL PARTIES

• ELECTION COMMISSION

• PRESIDENT

• DELIMITA COMMISSIONTION

HOW MANY LOK SABHA ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN HELD SO FAR

• 17

• 16

• 14