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CBSE-IX-Social-Science

04: Electoral Politics

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  • #9-a
    During an election in Nigeria, the officer in charge of counting votes deliberately increased the votes of one candidate and declared him elected. The court later found out that more than five lakh votes cast for one candidate were counted in favour of another.
    (b) Just before elections in Fiji, a pamphlet was distributed warning voters that a vote for former Prime Minisiter, Mahendra Chaudhry will lead to bloodshed. This was a threat to voters of India origin.
    (c) In the US, each state has its own method of voting, its own procedure of counting and its own authority for conducting elections. Authorities in the state of Florida took many controversial decisions that favoured Mr. Bush in the presidential elections in 2000. But no one could change those decisions.
    Ans : In this case, representatives of each candidate should be present to make sure that the votes are counted in a fair way.
    (b) The election commission should set up an enquiry into the case and debar the candidate or party involved in distributing such pamphlets.
    (c) There should be a single election commission which should be free from political influence and should be responsible for conducting elections throughout the country.
  • #9-b
    Just before elections in Fiji, a pamphlet was distributed warning voters that a vote for former Prime Minisiter, Mahendra Chaudhry will lead to bloodshed. This was a threat to voters of India origin.
    Ans : The election commission should set up an enquiry into the case and debar the candidate or party involved in distributing such pamphlets.
  • #9-c
    In the US, each state has its own method of voting, its own procedure of counting and its own authority for conducting elections. Authorities in the state of Florida took many controversial decisions that favoured Mr. Bush in the presidential elections in 2000. But no one could change those decisions.
    Ans : There should be a single election commission which should be free from political influence and should be responsible for conducting elections throughout the country.