Election Commission of India has a mammoth task to conduct a fair and clean election. India is a vast country with 28 states and one more to add and a total population of 1.27 billion. Conducting elections in India is no unchallenging task.
Apart from demographic and geographical challenges, there are other uphill challenges for the ECI to face. Like parties with money and man power doesn’t try to influence voters, strictly maintaining code of conduct etc.
An Undocumented Wonder : The Making of the Great Indian Election by S. Y. Quraishi, a former Chief Election Commissioner, gives the details account of various challenges faced by them during General Election and State election and what measures they combat to face crisis.
Here is the brief synopsis of the book An Undocumented Wonder : The Making of the Great Indian Election by S. Y. Quraishi. The review of the book is coming soon.
An attempt to unravel the myth and mystery behind the great election machine and the men and women who run it for the worlds largest democracy.The great Indian election continues to generate global interest and wonder, partly on account of its uninterrupted success and partly because of the obvious challenges of demography, geography and the mind boggling diversities. How are these elections conducted? What were the challenges faced by the Election Commission of India? How did it overcome these challenges? What are the ideals and principles that drive the people involved in completing this mammoth task?
Interesting Facts
- An exhaustive study of the Indian elections.
- Contains inside stories and interesting anecdotes.
- Rich with the experiential knowledge of the author-former CEC of India.
- Complete with photographs and tables, this book contains a wealth of information.
