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What is the difference between the system of reservation of constituencies and the system of separate electorate? Why did the Constitution makers reject the latter? - Political Science

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What is the difference between the system of reservation of constituencies and the system of separate electorate? Why did the Constitution makers reject the latter?

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In a system of reservation of constituencies, the candidates are from that social section for which the seat is reserved and all voters, irrespective of their social group, vote for any of them. In a system of separate electorate, the candidate of a particular community can only be elected by the voters of her/his community.

The latter was rejected by the Constitution makers because it went against their purpose of unity, secularism and a state that is free from discrimination.

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Chapter 3: Election and Representation - Exercises [Page 76]

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NCERT Political Science - Indian Constitution at Work [English] Class 11
Chapter 3 Election and Representation
Exercises | Q 5 | Page 76
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