ELECTION
Election is a concept used in all democratic countries where people are called to make choices among candidates or contestants who wish to rule. Therefore it is the process of making choices among available options of candidates contesting offices. Voter can be defined as the qualified and registered citizen willing and ready to vote for candidates of their choice in an election. A group of voters are generally called Electorate. Voting can be defined as the process of casting one’s vote in an election. This could be in public or private organizations. Voting can take place within pressure groups; it can also be within or among political parties trying to win and run the government
TYPES OF ELECTION
- DIRECT ELECTION: this type of election is called direct election because the voters are called to personally cast their votes for candidates or the political parties of their choice without anybody serving as middle man
- Indirect Election: in this system, the people elect the member of parliamentarians will then on behalf of the people, elect the prime minister and the president
IMPORTANCE OF ELECTION
- They make the government so elected to be acceptable to the people, and this promotes the legitimacy of the government
- Election provides an orderly method of changing government in a country
- A regular election promotes accountability in the affairs of the government
- Election help to measure public opinion issues affecting the people
- Election provides means of getting different views represented in the legislature