ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Year : 2013, Volume : 3, Issue : 12
First page : ( 278) Last page : ( 292)
Online ISSN : 2231-5780.

Electoral integrity in the conflict region: A focus on northeast India

Singh L. Muhindro

Ph.D Senior Fellow, ICSSR, New Delhi

Online published on 11 April, 2014.

Abstract

Success of the democracy largely depends on the modus operandi of electioneering practices. Most of the politicians usually adopted various techniques and strategies to get their ends beyond electoral integrity. One or either form of corrupt practices appears widely in India's northeast too which greatly demeans democracy. In the backdrop of various demands of different ethnic-based insurgencies, elections are also conducting in regular interval in this India's Northeast. This study is based on quantitative and empirical methods through SPSS interpretation. Sources of data were mainly from structured questionnaire collected on the basis of random sampling method from electorates of India's northeast. In contemporary, many insurgent groups have been interfering in the elections since they entered peace dialogue with government of India. This paper attempts to analyse corrupt practices and modus operandi of electioneering practices. Majority of electorates were also on the whims of perpetrators. The state of democracy in India's northeast is clear example of flawed democracy where elections are in servitude.

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Keywords

Electoral integrity, corruption, electoral rights, malpractice, conflict, threat, intimidation, dole for vote.

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