Saturday, April 18, 2009

Elections

Elections - I want to write something about elections in India. Actually I want to write about the procedure of selection of PM in India as compared to US and UK. Its totally different here (I am not 100% sure but I think its different).. Read my points below and think about it and correct me if I am wrong

Why there are so many political parties in India?This creates a lot of confusion.I really don't understand the logic.We discuss a lot about who will become our prime minister,  but we don't play any role in that , we are not voting for the prime minister directly.For example I want Atal ji as my prime minister and he belongs to BJP party so I should vote for BJP party, but the good candidate from my region is  from SP , so I should vote for him but if SP will get majority then they will imply new rules like no computers, no English, and somebody like maya vati will become prime minister. I will be happy to see my favorite candidate winning from my region but SP as nation ruler is not digestible. So I think this is a big disadvantage of having N*N number of parties. In US and UK there are very limited parties it is very easy for people to decide and vote.I don't know about the procedure in US but it seems fairly easy and simple ,there are mainly 2 candidate for example Obama and Bush,visibility is clear, people know whom to vote,similarly in UK there are only few parties.
I always give vote,this time I also going to give vote from my place,jaago re.com is good initiative for people who are not registered for voting or who are living at some different place.I checked the website jaago re! they have mentioned clearly the voting procedure and also explained the some myths about voting,but I didn't get answer of my question.
Second confusing thing is suppose there are 3 parties first get 57 votes second get 36 and third get 42 votes so ideally the winner is first party but if you calculate then 36+42=78 don't like first party only 57 people voted for the first party so why the first party is winner if more people dislike first party.(I read it somewhere in school)

These kinds of doubts confuse me a lot about the voting but still this voting procedure comes under our Indian constitution which was designed by some of the great leaders like  Jawaharlal Nehru, C. Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee , so this thing again confuse me that how they can be wrong maybe my doubts are silly and there is no logic behind my doubts.

P.S - Voting procedure should be on line.Just log in and give vote to your candidate.
P.P.S - Go for vote in morning and enjoy rest of the day because its a holiday.