Anti-Defection Law

A LAW WITH
MANY
LOOPHOLES.

SAANVI SINGH (X B)
wHAT IS ANTI-DEFECTION
LAW?
• The Anti-Defection Law refers to the issue of political defection or party hopping
by elected representatives.
• The law specifies that elected representatives who voluntarily give up the
membership of their political party or vote against the party's official direction on
a significant matter would be disqualified from continuing as members of the
legislature.
• In India, the Anti-Defection Law was introduced through the Tenth Schedule of
the Constitution in 1985.
Examples of Defection in India
• 2020- In Madhya Pradesh, Congress government faced a political crisis when a group of
MLAs, loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia, resigned from the party and joined the BJP. The
resignations led to the fall of the Congress government, and the BJP formed a new
government in the state.
• 2016-in Uttarakhand when several Congress legislators rebelled against their own party
and aligned themselves with the BJP. This led to the imposition of President's rule in the
state for a brief period before the political scenario was resolved through court
interventions.
Loopholes in the Indian Anti-
Defection Law
• Disqualification Process Delay
• Does not apply to Independent Members of legislatures unless
they join a political party after their election
• Legislative Loopholes like coalitions
• Misuse of Anti-Defection Law, etc.
 Advantages of the Law
1 2 3
Promotes stabilty and Protects Voters' Enhances accountability:
discipline:By The law holds elected
Mandate by reducing
discouraging frequent representatives
party hopping and political instability
accountable for their
preventing legislators
actions and decisions.
from switching parties .
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