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The most common form of democracy today is rule through elected representatives. In CBSE Class 9 Political Science, Chapter 3 – Electoral Politics, students learn how representatives are chosen, why elections are essential in a democracy, and how democratic elections differ from non-democratic ones. Our Important Questions for this chapter focus on key exam topics use them for practice and quick revision. A download link for the Chapter 3 Important Questions (Electoral Politics) is provided below in this article.
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Question 1. What are elections? [CBSE 2014,15]
Answer: It is a mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals, and change them if they wish to do so.
Question 2. “Elections are considered essential for any representative democracy.” Why?
Answer:
Question 3. What is a constituency?[CBSE 2014,15]
Answer: For elections, the entire country is divided into fixed electoral areas with a body of registered voters. These areas are called constituencies.
Question 4. Mention any two disadvantages of having political competition.
Answer:
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Question 5. What is the importance of electoral competition?
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Question 6. What is an Electoral Roll or Voter’s List? What is its importance?
Answer: It is a list which carries the names of the persons who are eligible to vote. It is important because a voter can caste his/her vote if his/her name is in the voter’s list.
Question 7. What is Universal Adult Franchise?
Answer: Every citizen of India who is 18 years of age or above has the right to vote without any discrimination of caste, creed, colour, sex, religion etc.
Question 8. What kind of people can he denied to vote in India?
Answer: Some criminals and persons with unsound mind.
Question 9. Mention any two points relating to the Model Code of Conduct for election campaigns.
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Question 10. What is the difference between a voter and a candidate?
Answer: Voter: A person who elects the candidates is a voter. All the citizens, who attain the age of 18 years become voters. Candidate: A person who contests the election is known as a candidate. In order to be a candidate, the minimum age is 25 years.
Question 11. What is an EVM? [CBSE 2014]
Answer: It is an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) which is used to record votes. The machine shows the names of the candidates and the symbols.
Question 12. What is the importance of elections in a democracy?
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Question 13. Define Election Commission.
Answer: The entire process of elections in our country is conducted, controlled and supervised by an independent body called the Election Commission.
Question 14. Mention two functions of the Election Commission.
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Question 15. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner?
Answer: The President of India.
Question 16. Mention any two provisions which ensure the independence of the Election Commission.
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Question 17. What is ballot paper? Name the machine by which these papers have been replaced.
Answer: A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting candidates along with the party name and symbols are fisted. These are being replaced by the electronic voting machines.
Question 18. Why are the candidates required to give a detailed statement of their property and other details?
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Question 19. When government officers work in election duty, are they under the control of the Election Commission or the Government? Give reason.
Answer: They work under the control of Election Commission. This is done to conduct free and fair elections, so that the party in power is not in a position to misuse the government machinery.
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Question 1.
(i) What are elections?
(ii) “Elections are considered essential for any representative demo cracy.” Why?
(iii) What is a constituency?
Answer:
(i) It is a mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals and change them if they wish to do so.
(ii) (a) In a representative democracy, people rule through their representatives. ,
(b) It gives an opportunity to the people to decide who will make laws for them.
(iii) For elections, the entire country is divided into fixed electoral areas with a body of registered voters. These areas are called constituencies.
Question 2. What makes elections in India democratic? Explain.[CBSE 2013,14,15]
Answer:
Question 3. Mention any three provisions which makes Election Commission an independent body.
Answer:
Question 1. Explain the role of the Election Commission in free and fair elections. [CBSE 2013]
Answer: Functions of the Election Commission of India:
Question 2. What is an election? Discuss the importance of elections in a democracy.
Answer:
An election is a contest between different political parties in order to get people’s support. Elections are exceptionally important in a democracy because of the following reasons:
It is through elections alone that an effective control can be maintained on the executive.
All the citizens in a modern democracy cannot run the administration. Only their representatives can do it for them. In order to choose such representatives, the elections are a must.
Question 3. Explain any five conditions for free and fair elections. [CBSE 2014,15]
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Question 1. What is election campaign? What is its importance?
Answer: A political campaign or election campaign is an organized effort by political parties to win the trust of voters.
Question 2. How does our Election Law regulate campaigns 1[CBSE March2011,2012]
Answer: It is necessary to regulate campaign to ensure that every political party and candidate gets a fair and equal chance to compete. According to our election law, no party or candidate can:
Question 3. What is model code of conduct for election campaign? Mention any three provisions of model code of conduct. [CBSE 2014]
Answer: These are some set of norms which each and every political party is expected to follow during election campaigns.
According to this, no party or candidate can:
Question 1. What is a reserved constituency? Why is there need for a reserved constituency? [CBSE 2014]
Answer: These are the constituencies which are reserved for people who belong to the Scheduled Castes [SC] and Scheduled Tribes [ST]. In a SC reserved constituency only someone who belongs to the Scheduled Castes can contest elections. Similarly only those belonging to the Scheduled Tribes can contest an election from a constituency reserved for ST.
Importance of reserved constituencies-
Question 2. What is principle of universal adult franchise? What is its importance?
Answer: According to universal adult franchise every citizen of India who is 18 years of age or above has the right to vote irrespective of his caste, colour, sex, gender etc.
Importance-:
Question 3. Which moral value is reflected by the universal adult franchise?
Answer: Equality.
Question 4. “Sanjay Kumar, a citizen of India was not allowed to caste his vote as he was not having an Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC).” What is the purpose of an EPIC and what were the options available to Sanjay Kumar?
Answer: The purpose of an Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is to make it sure that no one votes for someone else. Sanjay Kumar could have shown any other valid proof like ration card or the driving licence.
Question 5. When government officials work in election duty, are they under the control of the Election Commission or the Government? Give reason.
Answer:
They work under the control of Election Commission. This is done to conduct free and fair elections, so that the party in power is not a position to misuse the government machinery.
Question 6. Mention any three provisions of a Model Code of Conduct for election campaigns.
Answer: According to this-
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Functions of elections, universal adult franchise, voter lists & ID, nomination and symbols, Model Code of Conduct, and steps from campaigning to counting.
First read NCERT, then answer 2–3 questions per subtopic in your own words; finish with a one-page summary (definitions + steps + ECI roles + 3 challenges of elections).
Don’t mix up stages (scrutiny vs withdrawal), and avoid vague points define key terms (e.g., MCC, level playing field) and add a short example to support each point.
Memorize the election flowchart, list 5 ECI powers, and practice 10 MCQs + 5 short answers from Important Questions; self-check with marking points to tighten phrasing.