Question
Examine the outcome of India’s elections.
Solution
The outcome of India’s elections are examined below:
(i)The ruling parties routinely lose elections in India both at the national and state level.
(ii)In fact in every two out of the three elections, held in the last fifteen years, the ruling party lost.
(iii)In India about half of the sitting MPs or MLAs lose elections.
(iv)Candidates who are known to have spent a lot of money on ‘buying votes’ and those with known
criminal connections often lose, elections.
(v)Barring very few disputed elections, the electoral outcomes are usually accepted as ‘people’s verdict’ by the defeated party.
