This PSEB 9th Class Social Science Notes Civics Chapter 5 Democracy and Election Politics will help you in revision during exams.
PSEB 9th Class Social Science Notes Civics Chapter 5 Democracy and Election Politics
→ Our country is a democratic country and the most important feature of democracy is its electoral politics.
→ In a democracy, elections are held after a fixed period of time and a new government is elected.
→ To run the administration, few decisions are taken and the power to take decisions lies in the hands of those who are elected directly by the people.
→ People elect their representatives to solve their problems at the local level or they will have to run from pillar to post for the solution of their problems.
→ Presently, elections are quite important because it helps in changing the government and it restrict the government from becoming autocratic.
→ In our country, a concept of one adult-one vote-one value is implemented to bring equality in electoral politics.
→ In our country, direct elections are conducted for Lok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and for local self-government.
→ To conduct all such elections, a voters’ list is prepared by the Election Commission.
→ In India, elections are conducted on the basis of adult franchise and those individuals who have attained the age of 18 years have the right to vote.
→ Voters of the country are given the right to secretly cast their vote so that no one should come to know that to whom one has given his valuable vote.
→ The responsibility of conducting elections in our countries is given to an independent and impartial Election Commission.
→ It consists of three members who are appointed by the President of India.
→ Election Commission performs many important functions such as preparing voters’ lists, directing the elections, framing election-related rules, implementation of code of conduct, allot election symbols, giving recognition to political parties, conducting elections, etc.
→ Independent and impartial elections are expected in a democracy.
→ That’s why the government and the election commission have made many changes in the process of elections.
→ The process of elections is quite lengthy which includes delimitation of constituencies, the announcement of election dates, filing of nomination and withdrawal, election campaigning, conducting elections, counting, and declaration of results.
→ Political parties play a very important role in democracy because, in their absence, elections cannot be conducted.
→ There is a multi-party system in India.
→ There are two types of parties in the country – National Parties and Regional Parties.
→ There are 7 national parties and many regional parties in the country.