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Maturing democracy
At least four crore people would be voting for the first time while almost half of the electorate is below 40 years of age. Literacy level of the 71.4 crore electorate is now at 58 per cent and now they are unlikely to elect a lamppost merely on the basis of his caste or region of political party. Recent state elections have amply demonstrated that most prominent criterion for voters now is performance of his representative and the government.
This is the reason why most political parties announced their candidates much before the formal announcement of election dates by the Election Commission. Earlier, parties used to initiate candidate selection process only after the notification and candidates’ list used to be declared after nominations used to start. Prospective candidates used to file nominations in anticipation of getting party leadership’s nod, which in some cases, used to announce candidate’s name after the last date of filing nomination, asking all unauthorised party leaders to withdraw their candidature.
The BJP has already announced almost two-third of its candidates, Congress almost half, Samajwadi Party 62 out of 67 seats it intends to contest in UP, with BSP making public its candidate for almost every constituency in Uttar Pradesh. “It is a sign of maturing democracy. No party wants to leave anything to chance and hence, is working to the very minute detail in every aspect – right from election of candidates to campaign strategy and mode of campaign”, says SK Varma, director of Organisation for Research, Survey and Analysis (ORSA), hoping that by next elections the parties would also stitch their alliances much before the elections.
Early announcement of candidates and alliances provides enough time to voters to examine a candidate’s integrity and sincerity besides allowing the candidate ample opportunity to strike a rapport with his constituents, feels former Uttar Pradesh state BJP president Kalraj Mishra. He also claims that such political discipline is expected to reflect in enhanced performance of the elected representatives. The BJP started candidates’ selection process early last year and was supposed to finalise it by August 2008, but couldn’t due to sear negotiations with the alliance partners.
There is one difference though – between 1952 and 2009 – lack of a clear agenda among all parties and an emotive issue. There is neither Ram Temple nor Ram Setu, neither terror nor inflation. This election would be unique as it would be fought on state-level issues and evaluation of state governments’ performances. This is where the role of regional satraps and chief ministers – right from Narendra Modi, Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Raman Singh for the BJP and Ashok Gehlot, Sheila Dixit and YS Rajasekhara Reddy for the Congress – will become important. In fact, non-performance is the reason cited for a tribal chief minister Shibu Soren to lose badly in Assembly by-election from Tamar in Jharkhand last month. This is decentralisation of power and authority.
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At least four crore people would be voting for the first time while almost half of the electorate is below 40 years of age. Literacy level of the 71.4 crore electorate is now at 58 per cent and now they are unlikely to elect a lamppost merely on the basis of his caste or region of political party. Recent state elections have amply demonstrated that most prominent criterion for voters now is performance of his representative and the government.
This is the reason why most political parties announced their candidates much before the formal announcement of election dates by the Election Commission. Earlier, parties used to initiate candidate selection process only after the notification and candidates’ list used to be declared after nominations used to start. Prospective candidates used to file nominations in anticipation of getting party leadership’s nod, which in some cases, used to announce candidate’s name after the last date of filing nomination, asking all unauthorised party leaders to withdraw their candidature.
The BJP has already announced almost two-third of its candidates, Congress almost half, Samajwadi Party 62 out of 67 seats it intends to contest in UP, with BSP making public its candidate for almost every constituency in Uttar Pradesh. “It is a sign of maturing democracy. No party wants to leave anything to chance and hence, is working to the very minute detail in every aspect – right from election of candidates to campaign strategy and mode of campaign”, says SK Varma, director of Organisation for Research, Survey and Analysis (ORSA), hoping that by next elections the parties would also stitch their alliances much before the elections.
Early announcement of candidates and alliances provides enough time to voters to examine a candidate’s integrity and sincerity besides allowing the candidate ample opportunity to strike a rapport with his constituents, feels former Uttar Pradesh state BJP president Kalraj Mishra. He also claims that such political discipline is expected to reflect in enhanced performance of the elected representatives. The BJP started candidates’ selection process early last year and was supposed to finalise it by August 2008, but couldn’t due to sear negotiations with the alliance partners.
There is one difference though – between 1952 and 2009 – lack of a clear agenda among all parties and an emotive issue. There is neither Ram Temple nor Ram Setu, neither terror nor inflation. This election would be unique as it would be fought on state-level issues and evaluation of state governments’ performances. This is where the role of regional satraps and chief ministers – right from Narendra Modi, Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Raman Singh for the BJP and Ashok Gehlot, Sheila Dixit and YS Rajasekhara Reddy for the Congress – will become important. In fact, non-performance is the reason cited for a tribal chief minister Shibu Soren to lose badly in Assembly by-election from Tamar in Jharkhand last month. This is decentralisation of power and authority.
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