Indian Election System-9th Standard Social Science Notes

CHAPTER – 5

Indian Election System

I Fill up the blanks:
1. The Electoral roll is revised __________ year.
2. The Public Election Campaign comes to end before ________ hours to Election Day.
3. The recognition to political parties is accorded by __________.
4. The Independence of Journalism is protected by __________.
Ans:- (1) every year (2) 48 (3) The Election Commission (4) ‘Press Council of India’
II Answer the following questions briefly:
1. Write a note on ‘Electoral Roll’.
The voters list is the list which contains the names and certain other details of the voters. It is also called the Electoral Roll. The Electoral Roll is prepared by the Election Commission much before the elections. Electoral Roll is revised every year. At the time of revision the names of those who have attained the age of 18 are included and the names of the dead are deleted. The Electoral Roll helps the polling officials to identify the voters.The Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) are issued to all the eligible voters by the Election Commission to prevent impersonation. EPIC is also used as a proof for general identification3
2. Prove that “Political Parties are the link between elected representatives and people”.
 Political parties are necessary in the democratic set up.
 Political parties are the link between representatives, government and the people.
 They play a major role in formulating policies for social and economic progress.
 Political parties become a training ground to develop leadership qualities.
3. Write a note on Coalition Governments.
Many a time no party gets the required majority to form the government. Such a situation is called ‘Hung Parliament’ or ‘Hung Assembly’. In such a situation some of the political parties join together and make alliances to get the required majority to form the government. Such alliance is called  ‘Postpollalliance’. At certain times two or more than two parties join together and make alliance before the elections. This type of alliance is called ‘Prepollalliance’. Pre-poll or Post-poll alliance helps political parties to join together to form the government when there is a hung parliament or assembly. Such a government formed with the cooperation of different political parties is called ‘Coalition Government’. The political parties of Coalition Government share power and responsibility by joining Council of Ministers.