Reconceptualizing Free and Fair Elections: An Analysis of Electoral Reforms in India

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Rekha

Free and fair elections, Electoral reforms, Election Commission, Democracy, Constitution etc.

Democracy has not been a free gift for most of the present democratic nations including India. India earned its independence and democracy after a long freedom struggle. The most significant feature of a democracy is the election process. Free and fair elections are essential in a healthy democracy. For the success of democracy, it is necessary that people maintain their allegiance towards the democratic institutions based on rule of law. The more the elections are free and fair, the stronger the allegiance the people will have towards democratic institutions. Contrary to this, if the elections are not free and fair, the people will not have faith in democracy. Parliament has made a law to ensure free and fair elections and a very comprehensive system of elections has been developed in the country. The experiences of the last seventeen General Elections have shown the merits and demerits of the system to the people. Minor changes have regularly been made in the election system. However, still our electoral process is beset with many evils like use of black money, casteism, communalism, rigging, abuse of administrative machinery, criminalization of politics, and even capturing of booths in some areas. All these abuses lead to eroding of faith of the people in free and fair elections. This paper discusses the concept of free and fair election, major electoral reform done by the government and the Election commission and the challenges involved in the election process.

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Rekha (January-2023). Reconceptualizing Free and Fair Elections: An Analysis of Electoral Reforms in India. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(1), a498-a503. http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.32611

Volume 8 Issue 1, January-2023

Pages : a498-a503

Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_185693

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Country: Panipat, Haryana, India

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