Re: [India_Vision_2020] Results on second phase polls...! ~ India Vision 2020

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Re: [India_Vision_2020] Results on second phase polls...!

India Vision 202012:31 PM No comments

Dear Mr Sathish,

Your concern is genuine.

One reason can be economic recession. The other can be losing faith in political parties rather than democracy.

This time 4,617 candidates from over 300 political parties and Independents contested for 543 Lok Sabha seats to be decided by an electroate of over 714 millions, yet with diminished percentage of polling.

A national level senior political leader said -

"not once in our history, since the first general elections in 1952, has a government been formed that commanded over 50 per cent of the polled votes. All the governments at the Centre had more people voting against them than supporting them. The closest to reach the majority mark was the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1984 that polled 48.1 per cent with 415 seats. The lowest was the 1998, the NDA government whose alliance polled 36.2 per cent. In 2004, both the Congress and the BJP together polled only 40 per cent. If democracy is the rule of the majority, then that has not yet been established."

We have no other go except to sail with instable coalitions.

Regards,

On 4/24/09, Vernkatraman Rajendran <venkrajen@yahoo.com> wrote:

The analysis by Sathish (that the poll per centage this time has reduced) is really causing conern. Does it mean that the youth are getting more disillusioned with the electoral process and the democratic system. I only wish I were wrong. In fact I pray I should be wrong. But what else that this indicate? Psephologists to throw more light please. We say that more and more youth are concerned about nation building, literacy per centage has increased, awareness has risen, political interest is now enhanced and there is a wide-spread youth awakening. But what does this analysis indicate?

V Rajendran

Secy Cyber Society of India, Chennai

--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Sathish <sathishsp@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sathish <sathishsp@gmail.com>
Subject: [India_Vision_2020] Results on second phase polls...!
To: India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:13 PM

Dear all,

I was just looking at the poll percentage of the 2009 elections. Since two phases of elections are over..I was really worried on seeing the poll percentage. The number of peoples turnout for voting was considerably less when compared to 2004 elections. Recently in the second phase of elections only 55% were recorded.

Phase 2 Elections poll turnuot

State                         2004            2009
Andhra                      72                68
Assam                      69                62
Bihar                         57                44
Goa                          59                55
J&K                          45                46
Jarkhand                   57                47
Karnataka                 62                55
MP                          49                 45
Maharastra               55                 56
Manipur                    56                 65
Orissa                      68                 55
Tripura                      67                 80
UP                           46                 44

Total                         59                 55

Only Tripura has did a good job. I don't think those peoples are influenced by Internet and online campaigns.

What happened to the online vote campaign, online awareness on the importance of voting. Seemed to be a election with more number of young votes...but less number of votes registered when compared to 2004 elections. Does this proves that the approach was totally failed ? what is the result of the "n" number of NGO's working on this for past years ?

Wish to have some good numbers in the third and final phase of elections. And that too for sure In tamil nadu we need a change....lets see...!

One thing I am sure that.....we have to change the approach for making the peoples vote. Let's think differently.

Jai Hind...!

With love...Sathish.
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