The high level committee constituted under the chairmanship of former President of the country Ramnath Kovind on ‘One Nation, One Election’ submitted its report to the President on Thursday. Draupadi Murmu Has been handed over to. But do you know what One Nation One Election is? What will be the change in the election process of the country after its implementation? Know what changes this will bring in India and in which countries of the world the One Nation One Election process is already implemented.
‘One Nation One Election’ in these countries
Let us tell you that elections are held simultaneously in many countries of the world. For example, in Sweden, elections for state and district councils are held every four years along with general elections. Apart from this, in South Africa also general elections and state elections are held simultaneously. During these elections, voters are also given different voting papers. In other countries of the world like Brazil, Philippines, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana and Honduras, presidential and legislative elections are held simultaneously under the presidential system.
What will be the benefit of ‘One Nation One Election’?
Due to simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country, the expenditure on elections will be reduced. In simple language, the election expenditure on government funds will be reduced. Due to which the development works will gain more momentum. Apart from this, there will be no need to repeatedly make arrangements for EVMs at polling stations, security and deployment of employees for elections. This will also help in increasing the participation of common people in the electoral process. Apart from this, by holding elections once, the vote percentage will increase. At the same time, due to repeated implementation of Model Code of Conduct by the Election Commission, development works are also affected, once elections are held, development works will not be affected.
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‘One Nation One Election’ will change the entire election process of the country. Due to this, elections will be held simultaneously in the entire country. Let us tell you that this is not the first time that the government is considering the decision of holding simultaneous elections. First of all, the Election Commission had suggested this to the government for the first time in 1983. The idea emerged in the first annual report of the Election Commission of India published that year. After this, this idea came from the Law Commission in 1999. The Law Commission had recommended holding simultaneous elections in its report on electoral reforms. Whereas in 2015, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, in 2017, NITI Aayog and in 2018, the Law Commission headed by Justice BS Chauhan had simultaneously released their draft report on the elections.
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