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Socio Poject Newv 35345345
Socio Poject Newv 35345345
2018-19
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1
i) Title
ii) Statement of Problem
iii) Scope of Study
iv) Research Questions
v) Research Objectives
vi) Research Methodology
a) Nature
b) Method of Data Collection
c) Sampling Technique
d) Hypothesis
Chapter 2
i) Introduction
a) What are elections?
b) Types of elections
1) Lok Sabha Elections
2) Rajya Sabha Election
3) State Elections
4) Local Body elections
c) Some other Elections
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
i) Conclusion
Chapter 1
1.1 TITLE
1. How do people decide whom to vote for? Does things such as caste and religion play any role
2. What is the idea of election among the students of age between 18-20?
1.5
Nature
The nature of this research is sociological as it is conducted to study and analyze behavioral
patterns pertaining in the society and the psychology and response of the people in the subject of
elections
The type of technique used in this study is Random Sampling - Non Probability one. The
students were selected at random were hander out the sheet containing the questionnaire and
were asked to fill out the options of their choice for the aforementioned question.
Hypothesis
Religion and caste play a vital role in influencing the voting preferences of the people.
Chapter 2
Introduction
What are elections?
In true sense election is a democratic proces s to elect people`s repres entative
to participate in the governance of a country. An election is the proces s of
voting to choos e someone to be their political leader or representative in
government. In a democracy and only in a democracy, the election gives
citizens an opportunity to give their ass ent or denial to the way the
government has been w orking. It is the prime tool to influence the decis ions
taken or to be taken to govern the country. Citizens get their chance to air
their preferences when an election is held.
Types of elections:-
This is the important election that takes place once in 5 years to elect 543
members for the P arliament (Lower hous e). A party needs 272 MPs to s take
claim to form the Central Government. If a party does n't have 272 MPs on its
ow n it can ally w ith other parties and form the government. Leader of the
party/alliance takes oath as the P rime Minister.
Mem bers of the Lok Sabha ar e dir ectly elected by the people of India, on the
basis of Univers al Suffrag e. F or the purpose of holding direct elections to Lok
S abha; each state is divided into territorial constituencies .
In this res pect, the constitution of India m akes the following two provisions:
R ajya sabha is the U pper house and its members are not directly elected
by the people. They are elected by the Members of Legis lative Assembly
of the res pective s tates. Rajya Sabha MP has a 6 year term.
People directly elect their representatives for the L egis lative ass em bly.
T otal s trength of each as sembly depends on each State, mostly bas ed on
s ize and population .
Eg: In M adhya Pradesh Indore, Jabalpur, Bhopal, etc are corporations and they
elect a Mayor and als o Ward Councillors. A ward is typically a very s mall
geographical area. Unlike S tate and Central elections, people directly elect the
M ayor. In mos t cas es the party w hich has majority Councillors will also hold
the mayor pos t becaus e of popular support. P eople generally vote based on
parties , not on any individuals .
CHAPTER 3
Scope of study in Region :- The Study was conducted at DNLU. The aim was
understand the mentality of the different people on the issue of voting and party preferences
for whatsoever the reasons.
No
40%
Yes
60%
BJP
73%
SCs/STs
10%
OBC
30%
General
60%
No
43%
Yes
43%
Yes
40%
No
60%
BJP
87%
Independents
10%
BJP
17%
INC
73%
No
13%
Yes
73%
Yes
51%
No
32%
12) If you vote for a party do you check there party manifestos and
policies programme?
a) Yes :-19
b) No :-11
No
37%
Yes
63%
No
40%
Yes
60%
1st Qtr
47%
No
53%
15) Do you align yourself with any political ideology or any other
ideology?
a) Yes :-10
b) No :-20
Yes
29%
No
71%
Chapter 4
Conclusion:-
In conclus ion, elections have greater impacts on developing s trong
democracies s ince people have an ultimate s ay in the right w ay they w ant to
be governed. Bes ides , it brings about their rights and freedom as well as
ens uring political participation as well as ens uring that they check the
government at the time under check to ensure that all their demands are
accomplished. How ever, some democratic nations do not follow this noble
criterion. Ins tead, leaders elected are irresponsible and only go for their self-
interes ts and opt for dictatorship, autocracy and forced democracy, and in the
end, people los e hope on their democratic government.