Question 10 — Challenges to free and fair elections - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 7 - Elections

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What are the challenges to conducting free and fair elections?

Concept Challenges to Free and Fair Elections
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  • The sheer scale: over 96.8 crore voters, thousands of polling stations, hundreds of parties.
  • Misinformation, that is, wrong information reaching voters.
  • Fake news made and spread on purpose to mislead voters.
  • Intimidation, which stops voters from voting freely.
  • Money power used to influence voters.
  • Getting every voter included, especially PwDs, senior citizens and remote voters.
  • The ECI meets these through RPA 1950 and 1951, the Model Code of Conduct, EVMs, VVPAT and awareness campaigns.
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