Present Election System in India: Election system in India is unique, ever evolving and confusingly clear. Election system in India is based on Adult Franchise and multiparty. Any citizen of the country who is 18 years and above can vote and choose his representative. One
lacuna is the first past the post – the one who gets the maximum votes wins. So when votes are split and winning candidate may not have the majority supporting him. For example; the current dispensation got 31% of the votes cast and still rules. Same were the conditions earlier when parties who got less than 25% votes for years.
The Election Commission of India was a one man institution – led by CEC. Now it is a three member panel – who impartially not only decides the election dates and enforces the model code of conduct but also deploys the government resources to conduct fair and free polls. Candidates cannot ask for votes in name of caste, creed, region or influence voters by direct bribery. All said and done the elections involving the largest electorate in the world is a spectre to watch out for and one of its kind in the world.
