Electoral Politics Flashcards
(26 cards)
Leader in first chapter is
Mr. Devi lal, chief of the haryana sangharsh samiti(76)
Who led the moment nyaya yudh?
Chaudhary Devi Lal in 1987
What was the party name?
Lok dal
What did devi lal promise to people?
Waive the outstanding loans of small farmers and agricultural labourers
Lok dal and its partners won
76 out of 90
Who invited devi lal to be the next chief minister?
Governor after 3 days of he had won
Did it win the next elections?
No in 1991
What are elections?
Mechanism by which people choose their representatives at regular intervals and change them if they wish to do so.
Lok sabha is also called as
Vidhan sabha
What is a by election?
Sometimes elections are held for only one constituency in order to fill the vacancy caused by death or resignation of a member.
What is a general election?
Elections held in all constituencies at the same time, either on the same day or within a few days.
Each parliamentary constituency has within it several assembly constituencies
True
EPIC full form
Election photo identity card
What is the minimum age to be a candidate?
25
Partys nomination is often called part?
Party ticket
In our country when do election campaigning take place?
Between the announcement of the final list and the date of polling for a two week period
Slogan by Congress party led by Indra ghandi in 1971
Garibi hatao(remove poverty)
Save democracy was given by whom?
Janata party under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan in 1977(remove excesses commited during emergency and restore civil liberties)
The left front
Land to the tiller in west bengal in 1977
Protect the self respect of telugus
n. t rama rao telegu Desam party in Andhra pradesh in 1983
Money limit in lok sabha
25 lakhs
Money limit in assembly election
10 lakh
Who is chief election commissioner answerable to?
Not anyone
