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Chapter 4 Electoral Politics
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What are the trends of the outcome of elections in India?
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The trends of the outcome of elections in India are as given below:
(i) The ruling parties routinely lose elections in India both at the national and state level.
(ii) About half of the sitting MPs or MLAs lose elections.
(iii) Rich candidates who spend lot of money on ‘buying votes’ lose elections.
(iv) The candidates having criminal connections may also lose elections.
(v) Barring very few disputed elections, the electoral outcomes are usually accepted as ‘people’s verdict’ by the defeated candidate or party.