Election rules





 

 

Elections in India are held for the lower house of the parliament every 5 years on an constitution basis. The parliament has 543 seats & each constituency nearly spans a district. The members elected take charge of their regions as the legislature's representation to the area & contribute in legislation work brought by the ruling side & enact laws to govern the country. The parliament is supreme in the sovereign in that it has the power to decide the laws of the country. The general rules of election as laid for implementation are as follows:

 

 






1.  The elections are conducted every 5 years to the Lok Sabha.

2.  Every party has a right to contest one candidate per constituency.

3.  Candidates may stand in the election as independents.

4.  The party getting majority by 50+% seats gets to form the government.

5.  Parties with aligning ideologies may ally to form coalitions to form the government in case of no single party gets majority.

6.  The party coming in power stays in the office until 5 years unless some no confidence motion is passed against it & won.

7. The bills brought by the government are tested for trust in the House & legisdecided on the basis of the vote of confidence & the bills passed by majority are enforced in the state.

8.  The judiciary is independent of the government but the government has the right to amend the laws enforced by the judiciary.

9.  The leader of the party getting majority & forming power in the centre becomes the PM of the nations.

10.  The government has a team of ministers & departments of ministries taking care of different sectors of the governance & the cabinet decides the policies & determinations of the government by common power.

 

 






















































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