One India One Election - Pros and Cons

The topic of discussion is one India one election which means centre and state election should be held simultaneously.

Holding simultaneous elections will ensure consistency, continuity and governance, and elections then will only be the means to achieve this and not an end in themselves.

Implementing simultaneous polls would require a substantial shift from the status quo and would involve amendments to the Constitution and election-related laws.

This concept or idea is not new in India. After the independence and enforcement of constitution, the first election which was conducted in the year of 1952 was conducted simultaneously. It was in practical from 1952 to 1970 i.e. 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967. This concept was ended when fourth Lok Sabha was dissolved early. This recommendation is again raised by our Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and the idea is also supported by the President Mr Pranab Mukherjee.

Problems associated with Simultaneous Election.

1. Challenging Constitutional Provisions : In India, as we know that the Constitution is the supreme and land of all law. Constitution states that every law should be in conformity with the Constitution and all laws get its power from it. Article 83 (2) deals with the tenure of Lok Sabha that the tenure will be for 5 years unless dissolved earlier and the same for the state assembly under Article 172. State governments are also empowered that they can dissolve the assemblies before the tenure ends but the problem is this if they dissolve the assemblies for simultaneous election, it will be a violation of the Constitution. Article 356 empowers the president to dissolve the state assembly in case of emergency. It means the President is also bound by the Constitution.

2. Similar parties government in state and centre : After applying the idea of simultaneous election, there is the possibility of similar government at the state and centre level. It happened in the election of the year 1952, 1957 and 1962. It creates a problem when most of the voters want to elect a candidate in the state is that party which is not having any possibility to come to the centre. So at that time, the voter will not give the vote to that candidate while voting for that party which is having the possibility to come in the union. Thus there will not be fair voting and it will harm the soul of democracy and the situation will be just like a one-party rule in the whole nation and there will be no opposition to any action.

3. The consensus of the regional party :

It will be the biggest problem in the simultaneous election to have consent of regional party because there is always a tendency for voters to vote the same party in state and at the Centre in case the Lok Sabha polls and the state elections are held together and without the coordination of state parties simultaneous election is not possible.

4. Lack of paramilitary force:

In every election whether of state or centre the paramilitary force is needed. In 2016 election of Bihar legislative assembly election the chief minister Nitish Kumar demanded the paramilitary force for the election. This is my opinion that each state does not want to put its police during election due to fear of biases. So it is not possible to employ force in every state for the election because there is only 700-800 companies of paramilitary force are available as of now while 3500 companies are required.

Benefits of One Nation One Election.

1. There will be ample time for the state legislature to discuss on policy or to implement the policies.

2. It will reduce the cost of an election.

3. It will be good for those who reside outside India because if they come to vote on election then there will be an opportunity for them to vote in all elections at one time.

4. Frequent elections lead to senior leaders at the Centre getting involved with campaigning often at the cost of their ministerial work suffering.

Conclusion :
Thus as we can say after the study of these arguments that there are strong arguments on both side. If the simultaneous election happens, there will be some problem for our nation but it is time to think beyond the boundaries and traditional limit and try to understand the implications of the simultaneous elections.

According to me "One India One Election" is possible but require lot of hard work before implementation. We all know that India is 2nd largest country in the world in population. So lot of pre arrangement required like election commission need to proper planning for it. Security will be major concern to center government. As every coin has to side so there will be lot of pros and cons of it.

1. One India one election government can save public money and can spend this amount for betterment of people.

2. Every political party spend money and time to attract public. By doing this they can spend this amount and time to serve state people.

3. Corruption is one main reason that why our country is growing properly. It will help to reduce the level of corruption.

One country one election is productive in small nations but in case of India. The major problem is that due to large population which needs more security for conducting election in fair means. If we try to conduct one election in a safer manner then arise the problem of current situation ie the dispute between neighbouring states or with the central government. If we try to conduct one election in one Nation then large sum of money can be saved if conducted successfully but if fails due to any reason more money will be wasted than now.

Hello All,

One India One Election is indeed a productive Idea for our country. Being the biggest democracy of the world we are facing election in every six months. Panchayat elections, Nagar palika elections, Various state elections and then General elections. Time, money, Manpower used to conduct so many elections can be saved and utilized where it is required by conduction One Election.

Hello friends, holding of both state and central government election at the same time is good. It has many benefits like saving money, saving time.

But one election at a time is possible for the small populated country. As we know that India is vast country and have a 2nd highest population in the world. So it is not easy to handle election at the same time.

And also a major problem of falling of coalition government in any state which would lead to again election. So do it time and money.

Hello guys,

This is Bavita, in my point of view, "One India One Election" which is announced by our PM Narendra Modi is not practically possible. "One India One election" means state election and the central election will be held together. Initially, it was started on 1952 and was continued till 1967. I know every coin has two sides one pros and other cons, but we should go to the side which will be more beneficial for the common people. There are also some pros which are following:

- it will save time and money both (for example In 2014, 45 corers spend for Lokshabha election only which is wastage of money in same money both elections can be taken).
-will reduce corruption.

Inspite of these there are many cons:

-will be difficult to arrange all the process at the same time.
-security problem because of lack of central forces.
-federal system will be changed (federal system means differentiation in power of state govt and central govt. ) or we can say that it will centralise the democracy system.
-election machinery or source is not sufficient.

If the central govt fell down for any reason then whole the process will take place again and wastage of money. For example, in 1996 Atal Bihari Bajpey felled in case of this type of situation election will take place also repeatedly. There is one more thing if both state and the central election will be held simultaneously then that time all the govt will be focused on the election and all the decision and policies will remain in pending. Hence in my point of view this idea is not beneficial also not practically possible.

Hello friends,

As per my point of view, we need separate election for every post. There are different points which we have to observe. Firstly if any person not able to vote on that day then he/she not able to vote for 4 years.

Second, if any party giving an agenda for 4 year and people vote on that basis then they may force complete their agenda without knowing another side of agenda.

Practically if election carried out by considering one man show then many skilled people of different parties lose their chance.

Other side has considerable pros, one election results in the good management of manpower. In India 65% of the students are studying in government schools and it is found that 25% teachers are absent on single day. This numbers are serious, so we have to use our manpower in proper manner.

Yes, I extend my great support to this issue, as we know that in our country every year there will be some election like assembly, loksabh, grampanchyat, municipality election and much more do we really need this?

As we know that for such arrangement money is being used like water by political parties for their canvas, rallies and other events. It would be a great initiative if such thing take place in our country with this we can save our precious money and can be used it in another work, it will benefit to us only because with this we can save our valuable time as well as political parties can also focus on their work instead of bothering about election. If it is being implemented then it would be a revolutionary steps in Indian politics history.

Huge expenditure on election campaigns and rallies are mere wastage of money. India is a developing nation which has a lot many priorities in its list to be fulfilled to compete in this world. Right from the basic necessities of food, shelter, to the demand of the era like education, employment, civic necessities etc. , we need to invest a lot on these.

We definitely lack funds to use for the right cause, but India cannot be called a poor nation, as we have loads of money with the rich and stronger section of the society under the cover of black money. We have much uncountable, cash to spend for the election campaign which would not yield anything productive for the society or nation. These campaigns are mere show off to the society to popularize an unfamiliar face who is going to contest election and will become unfamiliar once again following the election period.

Despite wasting crores of rupees on these worthless campaigns, they can be used for feeding the poor section of the society and spreading literacy and awareness among the ignorant masses. Infrastructure to the educational institutions, medical facilities, building civic amenities etc. Could itself popularize a governing body without the requirement of these campaigning.

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