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Electoral Politics

Question
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Describe the legal declaration made by the candidate when filing the  nominations. 

Solution

Followings are the legal declaration made by the candidate when filing the  nominations:
(i)Serious criminal cases pending against the candidate;
(ii)Details of the assets and liabilities of the candidate and his or her family; and
 
(iii)Education qualifications of the candidate.

Some More Questions From Electoral Politics Chapter

Which of the following statements about the reasons for conducting elections are false?

Which of these is not a good reason to say that Indian elections are democratic?

Match the following options:

List all the different election related activities mentioned in the chapter and arrange them in a time sequence, beginning with the first activity and ending with the last. Some of these activities are given below : releasing election manifestos; counting of votes, making of voters' list; election campaign; declaration of election results; casting of votes; ordering of re-poll; announcing election schedule; filing nomination.

Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election:

Election campaign

Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election :

Polling day

Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election:

Counting day.

The table given ahead gives the proportion of different communities among the candidates who won elections to the US Congress. Compare these to the proportion of these communities in the population of the US. Based on this, would you suggest a system of reservations in the US Congress? If yes, why and for which communities? If no, why not?

 

Proportion of the community (in per cent) in the

  
 

House of representatives

Population of US

Blacks

8

13

Hispanics

5

13

Whites

86

70

Can we draw the following conclusions from the information given in this chapter? Give two facts to support your position for each of these.

Election Commission of India does not have enough powers to conduct free and fair elections in the country.

Can we draw the following conclusions from the information given in this chapter? Give two facts to support your position for each of these.

There is high level of popular participation in the elections in our country.

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