Question
What is an election? Describe direct and indirect elections in India. What are the three kinds of direct elections?
Solution
I. Meaning of an Election: The method through which the people choose their representative is known as election.
II. Two types of Election: Direct and Indirect.
(a) In the direct type of elections, all the voters participate in the elections of their representatives.
(b) In the case of indirect elections, the elected members of the people further elect their representatives.
III. Three kinds of Direct Election :
(1) General Elections are held for the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies after every five years. The first general election on the basis of adult franchise through secret ballot was held in 1952.
(2) By elections are held out of the normal schedule. If a candidate elected from a constituency dies while in office, or his office falls vacant because of any other reason such as resignation, fresh elections are held for that particular constituency.
(3) Mid Term Elections are usually held to constitute a new house if the Lok Sabha or any of the State Legislative Assemblies is dissolved before the expiry of its full term.
II. Two types of Election: Direct and Indirect.
(a) In the direct type of elections, all the voters participate in the elections of their representatives.
(b) In the case of indirect elections, the elected members of the people further elect their representatives.
III. Three kinds of Direct Election :
(1) General Elections are held for the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies after every five years. The first general election on the basis of adult franchise through secret ballot was held in 1952.
(2) By elections are held out of the normal schedule. If a candidate elected from a constituency dies while in office, or his office falls vacant because of any other reason such as resignation, fresh elections are held for that particular constituency.
(3) Mid Term Elections are usually held to constitute a new house if the Lok Sabha or any of the State Legislative Assemblies is dissolved before the expiry of its full term.
