Electoral Politics Class 9th Civics | Term -2 | Important Question answer

Extra Important Question from Electrical Politics | Assignment Questions Class 9th Civics

 Q1.  What is a ' polling booth'? 

Answer : polling booth usually situated in local school or a government office.  In this Booth, voters go inside and cast their votes. 

   In other word it is the place where voters cast their vote on election day. 

Q2. How many seats are reserved for SC & ST in Lok sabha? 

Answer : In Lok sabha there are 84 seats are reserved for SCs and 47 seats are reserved for STs. 

Q3. How many seats are reserved for women at local bodies? 

Answer : One third of the total seats are reserved for women in rural and urban areas. 

Q4. How is a vote caste on EVM? 

Answer :  On EVM the name of the candidates and  the party symbols appear. All the voters has to do is to press the button against the name of the candidate he or she wants to give vote. 

Q5. How many constituencies do we have in Lok sabha? 

Answer : There are 543 constituency  in Lok sabha. 

Q6.  How general elections are differ than By- election? 

Answer:   Elections held in all constituencies at the same time, either on the same day or within a few days is called a General Election.

 While elections are held only for one constituency to fill the vacancy caused by the death or resignation of a member. This is called a By-Election.

Q7. What is a ballot paper? 

Answer :  A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting candidates along with party names and symbols are listed. The ballot paper was used earlier. 

Q8. What is the voters list?

 Answer : In a democratic election the list of those who are eligible to vote is prepared much before the election and is available to everyone. This list is officially called the electoral roll and age commonly known as voters list.

Q9.  What is Election Commission? What is it's role in the elections? 

Answer : 

In India, elections are conducted by the Election Commission (EC). The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is appointed by the President of India.

i.  It takes decisions on every aspect of conduct and control of elections from the announcement of elections to the declaration of results.

ii. It implements the Code of Conduct and punishes any candidate or party that violates it.

iii. During the election period, the EC can order the government to follow some guidelines, to prevent the use and misuse of governmental power to enhance its chances to win elections, or to transfer some government officials.

iv. When on election duty, government officers work under the control of the EC and not the government.

Q10. How are results declared after an election in our country? 

Answer:  

i) A few days later after poll, on a fixed date all the EVMs from a constituency are opened and the voters secured by each candidate are counted? 

ii) In general elections, usually the counting of votes in all the consequences takes place at the same time, on the same day. 

iii)  Television channel, radio and newspaper report this event. Within a few hours of counting, all the results are declared and it becomes clear as  to who will form the next generation.