1. FAIRNESS AT PLAY-
Introducing electoral reforms to
reduce the influence of money and
muscle power in politics
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
IS NOT A MECHANICAL THING
TO BE ADJUSTED BY THE
ABOLITION OF FORMS .
DEMOCRACY IS SOMETHING
THAT GIVES THE WEAK SAME
CHANCE AS THE STRONG.
“
”MAHATMA GANDHI
1.
TEAM NAME- YANSIMA6
PRESENTATION NAME- Conscience
and power go hand in hand.
Submitted by- Mansi Jaswal
Prashastika Sharma
Suswapna Kakoty
Sweety Kumari
Winnie Thakur
Indraprastha College for Women,
University of Delhi

2. PROBLEMS IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM*
*Problems that we are attempting to tackle
Pre elec p tions
 use of black money
for canvassing.
illiterate/unqualified
people contesting for
elections
 Lack of awareness
among the youth.
PRE-ELECTION
PROBLEMS
PROBLEMS
DURING
ELECTION
POST-ELECTION
PROBLEMS
 Rigging &
booth capturing.
 people entering
politics with the
sole object of
filling their
coffers.
2.

3. SOLUTION
f
3.
PRE ELECTION
DURING
ELECTION
POST
ELECTION
 Transparency in
party funding
 minimum
criteria:
aptitude test
 Awareness
among youth
 Finger print
system
 EC should compare
the wealth of
sitting MP/MLA
and his family with
the estimated
wealth provided by
him/her before
he/she got elected.

4. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
earlier
limit of
exp.
present
limit of
exp.
proposed
limit of
exp. By
various
MPs
(inlakhsRs.)
HOW?
POLITICAL PARTIES MUST
PUBLICLY ACCOUNT FOR THE
SOURCES OF THEIR FUNDS .
COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES
MUST BE PERMITTED TO MAKE
DONATIONS TO RECOGNIZED
POLITICAL PARTIES OUT OF AFTER
TAX PROFITS.
BY INCREASING THE LIMIT OF
EXPENDITURE
The basic idea is that it is better to uncover things
than to ignore their presence. By and large almost
all parties use black money during elections. This
exercise can be curbed by allowing companies to
legally fund these parties.
4.
PRE- ELECTION REFORMS
THE PROBLEM OF BLACK MONEY DURING
CAMPAIGNING CAN BE DEALT BY BRINGING
TRANSPARENCY IN PARTY FUNDING.

5. Aptitude test
MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA
INTERMEDIATE
PARTY NOMINATES 3
MEMBERS FROM EACH
CONSTITUENCY
SKILLS AND
KNOWLEDGE
INERVIEW
APTITUDE TEST
Graduate
12 pass
10th pass
post grad
Education level of
MP’s in 2009 Lok
Information from ADR
• The 3 candidates shall sit for
aptitude test
•Candidates who pass the test will
be eligible to contest the election,
•However if more than 1 person
gets through , then is up to the
party to decide whom to
ultimately nominate as their
candidate
PROCEDURE :

6. Why youth voters?
Youth voters are those
voters in the age group of
18 to 25 years. Most of the
voters in this age group are
first time voters
There is no formal or
informal mechanism to
prepare voters on how to
exercise their democratic
duties.
Why this campaign?
 To instil a sense of
belonging among the youth.
 To make them aware of
their rights and duties
 To enable them to indulge
in quality discussions about
the politics of country.
Awareness campaign to reach out to
youth voters using social media:
Holding
worksho
ps in
colleges
NGOs can
help to some
extent in
spreading
awareness
among the
youth.
Quiz apps on
elections (regional
and national)
could be of some
help.
Competitions on this
theme in education
institutions and also at
district level to make the
voters esp. the youth
aware.
Political
parties can
hold
workshops in
colleges and
other institutes
about their
agenda , etc.
during the
canvassing
period.
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7. 1. Finger print system: This system can tackle the problem of booth
capturing wherein multiple votes are casted by a single voter.
FINGER PRINT
SYSTEM
Whichshall
Compriseof
Finger print
reading
machine
Adhaar card
reader
WORKING:
1. Voter needs to put her Aadhar
card in the Aadhar card reader
machine.
2. Then imprint her fingers on
the ‘fingerprint reading
machine’.
Voter must be allowed to caste
vote when her fingerprint
matches with that of the
aadhar card.
DURING ELECTION REFORMS
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8. SOLUTIONS TO POST-ELECTION
PROBLEMS
An intense survey should be conducted
by EC to disclose the wealth of post
holding candidate and his family before
conducting next general election. This
value should be compared with the
earlier estimate of wealth that was taken
before he/she was elected.
This will not only help in keeping black
money at bay but shall also prevent
corrupt people to enter once again in
politics.
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An example

9. CHALLENGES
DIFFICUTY MIGHT BE FACED IN
IMPLEMENTATION DUE TO EXISTING
GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE.
DUE TO CURRENT ECONOMIC
CRISIS, SOME FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES MIGHT BE FACED.
RISK
TECHNOLOGICAL
ERRORS CAN LEAD TO
INEFFECTIVENESS.
‘The problem is not the lack of law
but the lack of strict implementation .’
9.

10. RESULT
PROPOSED
SOLUTION
ITS ESTIMATED
EFFECTS
1. NO TRANSPARENCY IN
CAMPAIGNING FINANCES
 HIGH LEVEL USE OF
BLACK MONEY
 RICH CANDIDATES
GAINING GROUNDS
POLITICAL PARTIES
MUST BE MADE TO
PUBLICLY ACCOUNT FOR
THE SOURCES OF THEIR
FUNDS.
 BLACK MONEY IN
PARTY FUNDING SHALL
BE CURBED TO SOME
EXTENT
 TRANSPARENCY TO
SOME LEVEL SHALL ALSO
COME INT O PICTURE
2. ILLITERATE PEOPLE
CONTESTING ELECTIONS
PEOPLE WITH NO
TECHNICAL KNOW- HOW
ENTERING POLITICS
MIN. CRITERIA FOR
CONTESTING ELECTIONS
SHOULD BE 12th AND
THEN A COMPULSARY
APTITUDE TEST MUST BE
HELD.
EDUCATED LEADERSHIP
SHALL BE AN ASSET IN
ITSELF FOR THE
COUNTRY AS BETTER
POLICIES SHALL BE
FORMULATED.
3. MANUAL CHECKING OF
VOTER ELECTION ID
CARDS DURING
ELECTIONS.
CASES OF BOOTH
CAPTURING IN FEW
AREAS.
FINGER PRINT SYSTEM
CASES OF RIGGING AND
BOOTH CAPTURING MAY
DROP.
THE TRIVIAL EXERCISE
OF MAKING AND
MAINTAINING VOTER IDs
MAY NOT BE REQUIRED.
4.MANY PEOPLE
ENTERING POLITICS
WITH THE SOLE OBJECT
OF FILLING THEIR
COFFERS.
HIGH LEVELS OF
CORRUPTION
EC SHOULD COMPARE
THE WEALTH OF SITTING
MP/MLA AND HIS FAMILY
WITH THE ESIMATED
WEALTH PROVIDED BY
HIM BEFORE HE/SHE GOT
ELECTED
DROP IN CORRUPTION.
PRESENT
SCENARIO

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Money power and politics have
become synonymous. Lack of
transparency in funding in our
electoral democracy is making
politicians corrupt and refused
to be self accountable. Its time
to end the lacunae and it’s the
time for the republic of India
to stand up.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
a)- Association for Democratic Reforms. (2009). Lok Sabha Election Watch 2009
b) Election Commission of India. FAQ’s Contesting for Elections. Retrieved from
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Contesting.aspx
c) Centre for studies of developing societies ,CSDS (library) and Pr. Sanjay Kumar
d) Chhibber, M. (2013, March 26). Govt. blocks EC move to make party
funding transparent. The Indian Express.