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Civics

What makes elections in India free and fair?

भारत में चुनाव स्वतंत्र और निष्पक्ष कैसे होते हैं?

This Class 9 Civics topic from Electoral Politics explains the features that make elections in India free and fair. Students learn about universal adult franchise, regular elections, constituencies, voter lists, candidate nominations, campaigning, secret ballots and vote counting. It also examines the role of the Election Commission in setting rules, monitoring campaigns and addressing malpractices, while considering challenges such as money power, misuse of official resources and unequal opportunities for candidates.

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Medium · Level 54 · minorities,weaker sections,voting rights
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  1. For democratic equality and inclusion
  2. To let only majority vote
  3. To reduce voting
  4. To remove candidates
Medium · Level 54 · independent opinion,secret ballot,free voting
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  1. Through secret ballot and prevention of pressure
  2. Through open voting
  3. By changing candidates
  4. By deleting voter lists
Medium · Level 54 · election rules,prior announcement,fairness
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  1. So all sides know the process beforehand
  2. To remove voters
  3. To hide results
  4. To close candidates
Medium · Level 54 · grievance redressal,complaints,election trust
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  1. To resolve complaints of voters and candidates
  2. To remove voting rights
  3. To increase election expenditure
  4. To stop campaigning
Medium · Level 54 · right to vote,democratic rights,participation
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  1. Right to vote
  2. Property right
  3. Right to trade
  4. Right to deliver speech
Medium · Level 54 · voting machines,security,vote integrity
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  1. To protect the integrity of votes cast
  2. To increase campaigning
  3. To appoint candidates
  4. To change voter list
Medium · Level 54 · government employees,neutrality,election duty
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  1. They should stay away from political bias
  2. They should campaign for a party
  3. They should hide voter lists
  4. They should announce results early
Medium · Level 54 · free and fair elections,democracy,representation
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  1. They convert people's real will into representation
  2. They keep citizens away from voting
  3. They give rights only to powerful people
  4. They end opposition
Medium · Level 55 · Election Commission,free and fair elections,democracy
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  1. Campaigning for the government
  2. Supervising and conducting the election process
  3. Asking voters to vote for a party
  4. Deciding candidates' caste
Medium · Level 55 · secret ballot,voter freedom,fair election
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  1. It protects voters from pressure
  2. It shows votes to candidates
  3. It allows only parties to vote
  4. It declares results earlier
Medium · Level 55 · campaign opportunity,level playing field,elections
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  1. So voters can know different choices
  2. So only the ruling party can speak
  3. So elections happen without contest
  4. So counting stops
Medium · Level 55 · money power,election expenses,fairness
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  1. Because excessive money can influence voters
  2. Because money runs voting machines
  3. Because poor voters cannot vote
  4. Because elections have no expenses
Medium · Level 55 · muscle power,intimidation,voter freedom
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  1. It can intimidate voters and stop free voting
  2. It makes voter list more accurate
  3. It makes voting secret
  4. It increases education
Medium · Level 55 · government machinery,official resources,fair election
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  1. It can give unfair advantage to the ruling party
  2. It makes all voters equal
  3. It makes counting easy
  4. It reduces number of candidates
Medium · Level 55 · media,election awareness,watchdog
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  1. It informs about election issues and irregularities
  2. It campaigns only for one party
  3. It changes polling places
  4. It decides results itself
Medium · Level 55 · election observers,monitoring,fair elections
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  1. To keep independent watch over the process
  2. To write candidates' speeches
  3. To tell voters whom to vote for
  4. To form political parties
Medium · Level 55 · voter identity,bogus voting,elections
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  1. To prevent bogus voting
  2. To change candidates
  3. To cancel election
  4. To increase campaigning
Medium · Level 55 · free choice,voter freedom,election fairness
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  1. Fear, pressure, and inducement
  2. Information and choices
  3. Voter list
  4. Polling station
Medium · Level 55 · opposition,competition,democracy
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  1. So criticism of government and alternative policies can emerge
  2. So only one candidate remains
  3. So voter list is removed
  4. So voting is not secret
Medium · Level 55 · electoral politics,free and fair elections,political equality,voting rights,democratic elections
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  1. It gives equal value to every voter's vote
  2. It gives wealthy voters additional votes
  3. It gives political parties' votes more value than citizens' votes
  4. It makes voting an open process