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India is a constitutional democracy with a parliamentary system of government, and at the heart of the system is a commitment to hold regular, free and fair elections. For the purpose of ensuring free and fair elections, Part XV of the Constitution visualizes an Election Commission, adult suffrage, electoral rolls and provisions relating to the holding of elections. Parliament enacted the Representation of the People Act 1950 and the Representation of the People Act 1951 to regulate the electoral process. Our electoral system as well as the electoral process cannot function successfully without certain fundamental principles of election.
The Indian electoral system has experienced a rapid criminalisation of politics and the rise of politician underworld network and corruptive exercises like booth capturing, intimidation and impersonation of voters, this kind of practice it hamper our system. The government of India have enacted various election laws and rules and the primary object of these laws is to create and maintain that sort of atmosphere in which the electorate can choose their representatives by the exercise of their free will without any pressure or hindrance or undue influence from any quarter but however, in the present context there is one or the other hindrance which affect our electoral system and the paper attempt to analyse these hindrances.
The paper attempts to analyse the challenges against the free and fair elections in accordance with the legal aspects and the paper will also highlights judicial approach in the free and fair elections in our country. This Paper will emphasize on the electoral problems and issues of elections. Further, the paper will recommends for better techniques through legal prospect in order to maintain free and fair elections.
Keywords:
Electoral Reforms, free and fair Elections, electoral system, election law
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"Electoral Process: Fairness and Transparency", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.792 - 795, August-2022, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2208135.pdf
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