![]() ![]() The essential qualification for an MLA or an MP in politics is their ability to understand people’s concerns, problems, and to represent their interests. It is just like the criteria for selection in a cricket team, the ability of the player to play cricket and not his educational qualification. Politics in India does not require educational qualifications of a person for selection to be a leader. In the Indian political system, educational qualification is not required, either for the voters or for the contesting candidates. The proposed candidate has to make a legal declaration, giving full details of his −Ĭriminal cases pending against the candidate ĭetails of the assets and liabilities of the candidate and his or her family Įducation qualifications of the candidate.Įducational Qualifications for Candidates So that the voter can choose a right candidate on the basis of given information.įollowing the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India put in place a system of a declaration on an affidavit. Political parties introduce their candidates and give them the party ‘ticket’.Ī candidate who wishes to contest an election has to fill a ‘nomination form’ and deposit some money as ‘security fees.’īesides, the Supreme Court has also given directions that every contesting candidate has to disclose his/her personal information to the voters. To contest an election, a candidate should be of 25 years (or more) of age with sound mind and no criminal background. There are no restrictions on anyone to contest an election except in reserved constituencies. In a democratic country, a system of free and fair election provides the people of every section a real choice to vote and a fair chance to contest. The government is responsible to update the voter’s list before the election new names of all the eligible voters are added to the voters’ list and names of those who move out from their residential place or those who have been died are deleted.Ī complete revision of the voter’s list takes place every five years. This method ensures that not a single person is denied his/her right to vote and thus everyone should get an equal opportunity to choose their representatives. On the day of election, the people cast their votes as per their names mentioned in the voter list. The voters’ list is provided to the voters of each constituency much before the election for the purpose of inspection and correction. This list is officially called as the Electoral Roll or the Voters’ List. ![]() To ensure that not even a single person is denied of this basic right for any reason whatsoever, a list of all voters (eligible to vote) is prepared. ![]() The principle of a universal adult franchise is the foundation of the democracy that gives every citizen a right to have one vote and each vote should have equal value.Įvery citizen of 18 years or more has the right to vote, irrespective of his caste, religion, gender, educational qualification, financial status, etc. ![]() Similarly, 33% of the seats are reserved in rural and urban local bodies for women candidates. In a reserved constituency, only the persons belonging to the reserved category are eligible to contest an election.Īs on 1 September 2012, 84 seats were reserved for SC Category and 47 seats were reserved for ST Category in Lok Sabha. Some constituencies are reserved for the people belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in a proportion of their population in the respective regions. The reserved system ensures equal opportunity to all and provides a real choice of election to the voters from weaker sections. To provide a fair opportunity to a candidate belonging to weaker sections in an open electoral competition (against those who are influential and resourceful), a system of ‘ reserved’ constituency is adopted. Similarly, at the local level, elections are held for the election of Pradhan in Panchayat (rural) areas and counselor in Municipal (urban) areas.Įach village or town is divided into several ‘ wards’ (similar to constituencies) and each ward elects one member of the village or the urban local body respectively.Įvery citizen of India has the right to vote to elect a representative as well as to be elected as a representative. The elected representative in the assembly election is called as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). In India, there are three levels of government, i.e.,Īt center level, elections are conducted to elect Member of Parliament, which is known as Lok Sabha elections.įor Lok Sabha election, the whole country is divided into 543 constituencies and each constituency elects one representative as a Member of Parliament (MP).Īt the State level, an election is called assembly election however, unlike center, each state is divided into a different specific number of Assembly constituencies. Indian Polity - Sources of Constitution. ![]()
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