Electoral Reforms
10.1 If the Parliamentary democracy is to truly reflect the verdict of the people there is urgent need to reform India's electoral system. The present electoral system is vitiated and distorted by money power and muscle power by criminals entering into the system, and by failure to respond to the vast changes. All sincere attempts by the Election Commission of India to curb this within the existing system have failed.
10.2 While steps have to be taken to debar criminals from contesting and entering parliament, the present defective 'First Past The Post' system has to be replaced by a system of 'Proportional Representation'. Election in India have shown that candidates even less than 10% votes in a given constituency can win the seat. In the 2009 general election to the Indian Parliament, 145 out of 543 elected members won with less than 20% votes. This enables parties or coalitions to rule the country with a minority of votes but a majority of seats.
10.3 The CPI proposes and will fight for a change in the electoral system, variance of which are followed by a majority of democracies in the world. This will need to be combined with the constitutional provision of Reservation.
10.4 In fact only 12 countries follow the 'First Past the Post' system copying it from the British Parliamentary Electoral Practice. The proportional system will conceivable curb money power, enable minorities to be properly represented and correctly reflect the political and social features of the country.
10.1 If the Parliamentary democracy is to truly reflect the verdict of the people there is urgent need to reform India's electoral system. The present electoral system is vitiated and distorted by money power and muscle power by criminals entering into the system, and by failure to respond to the vast changes. All sincere attempts by the Election Commission of India to curb this within the existing system have failed.
10.2 While steps have to be taken to debar criminals from contesting and entering parliament, the present defective 'First Past The Post' system has to be replaced by a system of 'Proportional Representation'. Election in India have shown that candidates even less than 10% votes in a given constituency can win the seat. In the 2009 general election to the Indian Parliament, 145 out of 543 elected members won with less than 20% votes. This enables parties or coalitions to rule the country with a minority of votes but a majority of seats.
10.3 The CPI proposes and will fight for a change in the electoral system, variance of which are followed by a majority of democracies in the world. This will need to be combined with the constitutional provision of Reservation.
10.4 In fact only 12 countries follow the 'First Past the Post' system copying it from the British Parliamentary Electoral Practice. The proportional system will conceivable curb money power, enable minorities to be properly represented and correctly reflect the political and social features of the country.
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