BEHAVIOUR OF VOTING IN INDIA

1. Voting Behavior
Presented By:
Darain Anamul Haque
SVKM’s SPTM ,
Shirpur

2. INTRODUCTION
 Political participation
 Highly specialized sub-field
 Analysis of voting patterns
 why people vote ?
 Whom to Vote ?
 How to decide ?
 Sociologists- socio-economic view,
 Observing the correlations between class, occupation,
ethnicity, sex, age and vote;
 Political factors such as issues, political programs,
electoral campaigns, and the popularity of party
leaders on voting behavior.

3. DEFINITION OF VOTING BEHAVIOUR
 Influencing and inspiring factors.
 The study of the factors or situations which
leads for voters to vote
“ Voting Behavior is a field of study concern with the
ways in which people tend to vote in public election
and the reasons why they vote as they do.”

4. DETERMINANTS OF VOTING
 Education
 Political Consciousness
 Casteism
 Economic Condition
 Religion
 Lingual Controversies
 Regionalism
 Ideological Commitment
 Election Manifestoes of
Political Parties
 Party Loyalty
 Gender
 Influence of Money
 Performance of the
Government
 Personal Contacts
 Immediate Issues
 Charismatic
Personalities
 Populist Slogans
 Class Interests

5. Conclusion
 Voting Behavior of voters in India is not
influenced by any one particular factors,
but by many factors. Different factors are
predominant in different regions at
different times. In India, there is no need
of being influenced by negative factors like
contemporary issues, programs and
policies of the political parties and the
working of the government.