Social StudiesClass 10CBSE
Q
State two reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine election results in India.
A
The two reasons that say that caste alone cannot determine election results in India are as follows:
- In India, no parliamentary constituency has a clear majority of one single caste. So, every candidate and party needs to win the confidence of more than one caste and community to win elections.
- No party wins the votes of all the voters of caste or community. When people say that caste is a ‘vote bank’ of one party, it usually means that a large proportion of the voters from that caste vote for that party.