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01 May 2024 10:38

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Voter apathy is a big cause of worry for democracy

India prides itself in being a democracy. We have regular elections to the Parliament and to the State Assemblies as well. Though we have recently seen some actions of a leader as purely autocratic, we do seem to have some safeguards to control such behaviour through the power of the common public.

It is in this context that the urban voters in both Chennai and Bangalore, who have shown a remarkable apathy and have seemingly headed to some exotic hill station or to their native places, without voting at all, is a big cause for worry and for survival of democracy itself. We just cannot continue with this State of affairs. The question, " what is going to change, anyway?" seems to become particularly important.

We just cannot afford such apathy. Unless politicians really start doing something for their constituencies, nothing is going to change. The urban voters should also protest through constructive social action in the big metro cities. Unless this happens, we cannot expect the apathy to change drastically.

#778935

01 May 2024 13:31

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There could be many reasons for this behaviour of the voters in our country. One thing that comes to our minds is that if the voter feels that the corruption and problems in the system are not going to change with the change in Govt then what is the use of voting. The purpose of change is to improve the system and to eradicate corruption and bad practices in the system. If that is not going to happen then let there be any Govt in the country. How does it matter?
Apart from that some people are having a negative set of mind. They do not understand the importance of their votes. They always think that how their one vote is going to make a difference.
In my view a voter should not see things in isolation and go for relative studies. If one party is better than the other then it makes great sense in voting to the better one. Not giving vote is a negative tendency.

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#778943

01 May 2024 21:19

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There is no point in a voting process if voter turnout is little. In such cases even the result of the election will not be the real representation of the people's verdict. For a democratic system to work effectively the election process should be the mandate of the people which would be correct only when voter turnout is good.
In our country the voter turnout generally hovers around 65% which is not a very healthy sign.
Many people due to their own perceptions have no faith in any Govt because they observe a lot of corruption in the Govt departments. They become uninterested in the voting process. This is a sad situation and is not good for a democratic system.

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#778968

02 May 2024 14:41

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People from urban areas are not showing much interest in using their voting power during the elections. They enjoy their holiday on that day. Another issue I noticed is not having the vote in the place they stay. For example, my elder son stays in Bangalore. But his vote is in Hyderabad. His name is not registered in the voter's list in Bangalore. One should not waste their voting power. Now there is a chance for NOTA also. But NOTA is as good as not voting. So going there and using NOTA. As mentioned by other members many people think that nothing will happen if they are not voting also, That is not correct.
Many educated stay in towns for imparting education to their children. But their votes will be in villages and they can't go and come back on the same day. That is why some people may not use their voting power.

drrao
always confident

#779014

04 May 2024 05:54

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To improve the voter turn out, Govt. and NGOs are doing their best but the results at urban layouts everywhere are not that much satisfactory. The main reason is that 'the freebies' are enjoyed by some strata of the society at their cost, as they feel so, and mostly General elections are being conducted in the months of April and May when the summer temperatures would be raising. This leads to a feeling to the some of the urbanites that who ever is winning they are not going to be benefitted. It's the general trend everywhere, honestly speaking. The contestants from any political party in some constituencies represent the other face of the politics who might have been fielded by the respective political parties out of compulsion. This factor also can't be ruled out for the low turn out of the voting process.

Regards,
Jagdish

#779015

04 May 2024 06:04

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In small towns and villages many party workers are able to motivate people to go for voting as it is also in the interest of the party who has been in close touch with the people and helped the common people for resolving their problems. So, it is easy also for the workers to manage that in a small place having cohesive social groups.
In urban areas population density is more and people are more and less cosmopolitan in their living and there are many who are unhappy about the Govt's free distribution of material and facilities to a good number of people. In some places even electric bills are being waived off. All these factors are discouraging many urban dwellers for voting process.
Govt has to provide jobs and engagements to the people and not the freebies.

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Voter apathy is a big cause of worry for democracy

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