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The outcome of elections is a final test of free and fair elections.

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The above statement is True.
The outcome itself is one final test of a free and fair election. When elections are not free and fair, the powerful always win. The ruling parties do not lose elections in such circumstances. Typically, the losing party refuses to recognise the results of a manipulated election. In India, ruling parties often lose elections at both the national and state levels. In reality, the ruling party has lost two of the previous three elections conducted in the last fifteen years. In the United States, an incumbent or sitting elected congressman rarely loses an election. In India, almost half of the sitting MPs or MLAs are defeated in elections. Candidates known to have spent a significant amount of money on 'buying votes,' as well as those with known criminal links, frequently lose elections. Except for a few contested elections, electoral outcomes are largely recognised as the "people's decision" by the defeated party.

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