CLASS IX

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Gist of the lesson taught

ELECTORAL POLITICS

Elections

Election is a mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at

regular intervals and change them if they wish to.

What makes an Election Democratic?

• Some non-democratic nations also have elections but they are not real
choices. Everyone should be able to choose, i.e. everyone should have one
vote and every vote should have equal value. There should be parties and
candidates to choose from, freedom to contest and a wide choice for
people. Elections must be held at regular intervals. Candidate preferred by
the people should be elected. Elections should be held in a fair and free
atmosphere to be democratic. These conditions are not followed in many
so-called democratic nations.

Our Election System

• The voters have to elect one representative for the Lok Sabha from each
constituency (Lok Sabha has 543 constituencies), called Member of
Parliament. The constituencies are formed on basis of population.

• Similarly, each state is divided into constituencies and a specific number of

members called Members of the Legislative Assembly are elected.
Reserved Constituencies :

• Constitution has a special system of reserved constituencies for the weaker

sections.

Election Campaign :

• Political parties try to focus public attention to bigger issues during election
campaign.

Independent Election Commission :

In India, elections are conducted by an independent and very powerful Election
Commission.

There are many challenges to free and fair elections.

Assignment - 9 (To be submitted)

1) Who was the leader of the movement called ‘Nyaya Yudh’?

2) By-elections are held after every five years. ( State whether
True/False)
3) …………………………… party used the slogan of SAVE
DEMOCRACY.
4) Choose the correct option for the cartoon from below-

a) The ministers forget the promises made to voters

during elections after being elected.
b) The dog is very tired after being trained
c) The minister seems to be satisfied after delivering all
his promises
d) None of the above

5) Why do we have reserved constituencies in India?

For evaluation of assignments pupils are requested to complete their
work and submit through Skolaro only within the due date
mentioned.Further,the sections given below are also required to
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Note- Submission must be done within the due date mentioned.

Date of Assignment set- 6.7.20

Due date of submission- 16.7.20