How Indian Electoral System Works

India is a democratic country with a parliamentary system of government. Electoral system is well defined and determines the composition of the government, membership of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, legislative assemblies, Presidency and the vide-presidency. This parliamentary system holds the regular, fair elections as per the guidance of the constitutional provisions. The citizens are given opportunity to elect their representatives in order to impart the composition of the government. Election involves in the political mobilization and organizational complexity on a high scale.
Election Commission Constitutional Authority:
The election scale of operation is headed by the election commission formed by the supreme court of India. This independent constitutional authority holds about 40, 00,000 employees to run the election which is estimated to be Rs. 5,180 million approximately. The chief election commissioner holds the authority to remove the election commissioners.

Members of two houses:
An Independent Delimitation Commission evaluates the size and shape of the parliamentary constituencies. There are 543 parliamentary constituencies and as of now the Lok Sabha members are of 545 and 245 Rajya Sabha members. The constitution limits the members of Lok Sabha with few provisions. Voting is done by the electronic machines and by secret ballot in few places.

A Voter:
Any citizen of India can be registered as a voter only if he/she is over 25 years of age for Lok Sabha and 30 years to contest in Rajya Sabha election. Candidates those who are registered as a voter must declare their assets and liabilities, educational qualification and other details that are required by the election commission. It is a must that at least a registered elector of that particular constituency must assist the Nomination of a sponsored candidate.

Election polls and Results
India being the largest democracy in the world, every citizen has the right to vote and they have the power of crafting the future of the country by electing the right representative. The votes are polled at various levels of phases and a day is set to count. Finally, the votes are marked and the assembly election results are known within hours. The party which proves the majority in Lok Sabha would get in to form the new government and take over the responsibilities for the next five years.
Though the Indian electoral system is better organized, it has few loopholes in it. A Mere election does not prove that we have an effective democracy. The growing requirement of criminalization constraints to be the greater source of money which is directed into the politics. Probably, this eliminates the efficient contestants and fosters the criminalization in politics.