Talk:Elections in India

Untitled
It would be awfully great if somebody found the time to research and write an article about the historically very important Indian general election of 1937. -- Mkill 22:52, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Missing details
The article doesn't talk about many features unique to elections in India: the use of indelible ink to mark voters, and election symbols (which, if I am not mistaken, are for the benefit of illiterate voters). It would be great if someone more informed than I am could add a little bit about these things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.130.105.12 (talk) 00:34, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Merger Proposal
Given that these two articles (Elections in India and Indian election process) are on exactly the same topic, I think they should be merged. I even considered proposing merging both of them into Politics of India but I thought that might be a bit over the top. I reckon this one should stay and the other should be merged into this. Largely because I think this has the better title of the two. Also, many many more articles link to this one than Indian election process even though it is the older article, so this should stay for minimum disruption.

Unfortunately I know *nothing* about the Indian election process. I could try merging the articles myself, but I wouldn't know what to do if I found conflicting information.

Any volunteers? :) --Sammysam 18:34, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

A few guidelines to improve 'Elections in India'
Elections in India is truly a phenomenon in my opinion. It may be hilarious to watch the parties fight over promises to gain power, but in itself it is a great process, a huge one indeed. It is not simply a process. Massive media coverage, a huge fan following, the fanaticism, is part and parcel of the way elections go. I wanted to improve this article and bring it to FA status if possible.


 * The history of elections section can include
 * the way elections are conducted
 * the changes so far (I never knew there were two-seat constituencies in the 1950s!!!)
 * the transition from paper ballot to EVMs


 * The history of party/party system section may focus on
 * the single party (congress) dominance
 * the gradual movement to two-party system
 * and then the movement to coalition system which we see today


 * The powers of the election commission may deal in brief with the powers and the importance of the election commission during the elections.


 * The electoral process may focus on the actual step-by-step process
 * publishing of electoral rolls
 * announcement of dates
 * model code of conduct
 * canvassing
 * actual voting process
 * counting of votes
 * announcement of results
 * submission of the list of successful candidates to the president/governor
 * formation of the govt.


 * The culture and impact (both societal and economic) section may focus on
 * the associated fanaticism
 * media coverage
 * advertisements
 * use of party-aligned television channels
 * the festivities after winning the elections
 * drama over formation of government


 * The elections as of now section may be trivial, but i felt i should include it. May be that could be merged with any of the sections. I felt this should include
 * ban of posters/extravagant spending
 * aspects of model code of conduct


 * The electoral reforms section may focus on the proposed electoral reforms like
 * negative/neutral voting
 * stuff related to elections in future


 * Miscellaneous
 * exit polls
 * alliance formation
 * rigging
 * booth capturing

Plus we need more election related photos! Election Commission of India website is a good source for statistics, and a number of news articles can be found online. I came across articles in new york times as old as 1984 in archives, which may be very useful, to provide a historical perspective.

Happy editing. Cheers -- Chez ( Discuss  /  Email  ) &bull; 12:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

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Phases?
I have looked all around and cannot find what the phases mean/are? This article and the article for the 2009 Election both talk about the phases of the election, but none tell what the phases are? If I knew I'd add it to the articles. 98.28.68.59 (talk) 19:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Bad writing and grammar
Article is awfully written and almost incoherent in places. Needs a thorough re-write and edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jokester99 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Proposing a merge with General elections in India. Any thoughts? ReformatMe (talk) 10:00, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I moved this over here from the source article so that the discussion can be centralized. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:22, 19 May 2011 (UTC) I propose that "None of the above" voting option in India be merged into Elections in India. A separate article is unnecessary. A section within the destination article would best serve visitors. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:33, 19 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm a bit on the fence about this one. Since India doesn't actually have a "none of the above" option, I'm not sure that it really belongs in this article, which is about how elections are run (and were in the past).  My initial feeling is to keep that article separate, but I could be persuaded otherwise.  Qwyrxian (talk) 02:22, 19 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge. Keeping it separate may end up looking like a WP:CRYSTAL issue and perhaps even an essay of sorts. I can see no problem with addressing a proposed change in voting systems within the Elections article: we are allowed to present more than one viewpoint & it could be argued that presenting the proposal as a counter to the current electoral system makes for a more rounded article. - Sitush (talk) 11:44, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't feel that proposed laws fall under WP:CRYSTAL. We routinely create articles on proposed laws, so long as those proposals have been the subject of significant, in depth coverage in RS.  These articles can even be maintained after the laws fail (assuming again, that they were found notable in the past), so long as it is clear whether or not the laws ever passed.  Keeping it here preserves the article, because Notability is not Temporary.  However, "importance" is temporary; so if the law is never passed, and the information is merged, then the information could easily be removed from Elections in India later because it is no longer important to that topic.  That seems like a loss to me.  If our concern is helping people see the information, we just need to make sure there's a wikilink in the proposed target. Qwyrxian (talk) 06:17, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't feel strongly enough to insist this be deleted; if one of you wants to pull of the merge, feel free to do so (I would, but I'm not likely to have time to do so in the near future). Qwyrxian (talk) 06:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Done. That was the least fun I've had since I fell in lava. I got most of it right while cursing a lot. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:57, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Elected directly by the people?
The second sentence of this article states that the Prime Minister of India is elected directly by the people. But other articles indicate that India has a Westminster-type parliament, where the leader of the top party/coalition in the parliament becomes the prime minister. That's not the same thing as directly electing the individual who is to become the prime minister. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:46, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Well spotted. - Sitush (talk) 06:49, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Source showing Westminster model applies. - Sitush (talk) 06:57, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess the source mentioned by Sitush has moved to Source, which clearly specifies that PM can be member of either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. We know that members of Rajya Sabha are not elected directly by the people of India. Also we know that current PM of India is from Rajya Sabha: Source. Thus, I propose to remove the sentence in question. Alok Bansal (talk) 23:40, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Might it not be better to state that the PM can be a member of either etc, as you say in your message above? - Sitush (talk) 01:19, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it should not be as after this modification, sentence will have nothing to do with the election process and this information should be and is reflected in the article, Prime Minister of India. Alok Bansal (talk) 10:21, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Links
>> EYE SPY: Voting visuals*(Lihaas (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2014 (UTC)).

New schedule election
In new schedule is monday and thursday


 * First Monday


 * First Thursday


 * Second Monday


 * Second Thursday


 * Third Monday


 * Third Thursday


 * Last Monday

That is democrary for India. This is 7 in 5 method.

Three party regenoised: Akuindo (talk) 11:19, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * National party (all province)
 * Regional party (partial province)
 * Local party (only one province)

controversy section - previous opinion polls proved to be wrong
Opinion polls have been proved to be wrong in 2004 and 2009 elections.

In 2004, for example, the final opinion polls gave the NDA a clear victory. Star News-CVoter gave the alliance 267-279. India Today-ORG 282, and NDTV-IE-Nielsen 287-307. However, the final figures were 185 for the BJP and allies and 275 for Congress and allies.

In 2009, too, the opinions got it badly wrong. Most polls saw the Congress slipping, and the BJP rising. While Star News-Nielsen gave the Congress plus allies 203, TheWeek-CVoter gave Congress 234, CNN-IBN 185-205, and India TV-CVoter 189-201. The final result was: 262 to Congress+, and 159 for BJP-plus. It clearly showed the opinion poll was all wrong.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/if-opinion-polls-have-got-it-wrong-nda-may-end-up-with-300-1482303.html

This fact must be added in the controversy section to make the article neutral. 122.151.102.179 (talk) 00:46, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I mean the controversy section of the Opinion polling for the Indian general election, 2014 122.151.102.179 (talk) 00:51, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

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Social project work
About mp election's

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Algorithm?
The section elections in India says nothing about the algorithms used at federal, state or local elections in India. The main systems for a single-candidate constituency are roughly grouped into but which is (are) used in India? The general impression seems to be that most Indian elections used FPTP (due to the historical accident of being colonised by the British Empire of which the UK still uses FPTP), but whatever the answer is, it needs some proper sources. Boud (talk) 01:24, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * first-past-the-post voting (FPTP, the worst)
 * two-round system
 * ranked voting
 * rated voting (generally seen as the best, but currently rarely implemented)