a tour to challenges faced in modern

democracy

Challenges To

Free And Fair Elections

Overview Of The Presentation

Challenges to
Elections in Free and Fair Conclusion
India Elections

Let’s see every step of the way

Elections In India

In the World’s largest Democracy

Getting Started with Elections

India has a federal form of

government with elected officials at
the center, state and local levels.

All the members of the Lok Sabha

are directly elected through general
elections

In present, voting is done for 543

constituencies of Lok Sabha.

This year only we witnessed general

elections.
Democracy faces 3 Major Tasks:

• Determining the “will of

1 the people”.

• Informing the “will of the

2 people”.

• Implementing the “will of

3 the people”.
Challenges To Free And
Fair Elections

The problems faced during the election period.

It’s not just about the elections, but having

FREE AND FAIR

ELECTIONS.
ORIGINATION OF THE TERM
Origination of “Free And Fair
Elections in the rainbow nation
• The expression “Free And Fair Elections "originated in the
first-post apartheid elections in South Africa in 1994.
Elections”

• The idea is that the outcome should be generated by a

process that gives people free access to their
representatives, and then fairly calculates the result.
 HOW CAN

BE GUARANTEED?
WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS

NATIONAL DEMOCRACY?
 HOW

BE TRUSTED?
WHAT DANGER SIGNS

CAN WE DETECT?
WHAT

WE MAKE?
1 LACK OF

DEBATE
 LACK OF OPEN POLITICAL DEBATE
» The voters may be poorly informed
about Issues or Candidates due to:

» Lack of freedom of press.

» Lack of objectivity of the press.

» Lack of access to news and political media.

» These reasons may be due to some political

control.
2 USE OF

OR MUSCLE
Use of 2M(s)
 Parties or candidates with lot of money
get unfair advantage over smaller parties.

 Candidates with criminal connections have

been able to push others of the electoral
race.
 REAL
3
TO
Choices To Citizens And Nepotism

» Some families tend to Dominate

political parties.

» Very often election offers real

choice to the citizens for major
parties.
?
But wait…
There’s More!
Voters must have adequate access to voting process and
this access must not be politically biased, thus free and fair.

Therefore,
Trust the nation
Trust
People
Trust
Yourselves
Thank
You