ELECTORAL POLITICS

WHAT ARE ELECTIONS?

Elections are the mechanism

by which the people can choose

their representatives at regular intervals

of time and change them if they wish to do

so.

WHY ELECTION?

• It helps us to choose who will

make law for us.

• Voters can choose the party whose

policies will guide the government.

• It is not physically possible for the

whole population to sit together and

make decisions.

ELECTION AND

DEMOCRACY

IS IT GOOD TO HAVE

POLITICAL COMPITITION?

DO WE REALLY NEED DIFFERENT

POLITICAL PARTIES?

INDIAN NATIONAL

CONGRESS

BHARTIYA JANTA PARTY

DO WE REALLY NEED DIFFERENT

POLITICAL PARTIES?

DO WE REALLY NEED DIFFERENT

POLITICAL PARTIES?

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

DO WE REALLY NEED DIFFERENT

POLITICAL PARTIES?

BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY

DO WE REALLY NEED DIFFERENT

POLITICAL PARTIES?

NATIONALIST CONGRESS

PARTY

OUR SYSTEM OF

ELECTIONS

Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha

elections are held regularly after

every five years.

Elections are held in all

constituencies at the same time.

These are called GENERAL

ELECTION.

ELECTORAL

CONSTITUENCIES

The country is divided into

different areas for purposes of

elections.

These areas are called electoral

constituencies.

The representative elected from

each constituency is called a

Member of Parliament.

RESERVED CONSITUENCY

Electoral constituencies that are

reserved for candidates from

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes are known as reserved

constituencies.

VOTER LIST

ELECTION PHOTO IDENTITY CARD

WHO CAN VOTE?

• Any citizen over the age of 18

irrespective of caste, creed,

religion or gender can cast vote.

• Those who are convicted of certain

criminal offences are not allowed to

vote.

ELECTION COMMISSION

• It is a powerful body which conducts

elections in our country

• It implements the code of conduct

and punishes any candidate or party

that violates it.

• Election commission is free from

political influence.

ELECTION

COMMISION OFFICE

CASE STUDY

VOTER TURNOUT IN INDIA

AND UK

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PARTICIPATION

PARTICIPATION

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AND US BY SOCIAL GROUPS

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GEN. OBC SC ST WHITE BLACK HISPANIC

MADE BY

• KUNAL SINGH

• KASHISH ANAND

• HARSHIT SHARMA

• HIRENDRA LAKHOTIA