An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive t and judiciary, and or regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.

1)Congress(First Party) Leader: Manmohan Singh Alliance: UPA

2) Bharatiya Janata Party(Second Party) Leader: Lal Krishna Adavani Alliance:NDA

3)Communist Party Of India(Marxist){CPI(M)} Leader:Prakash Karat Alliance:CPI(M)

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a coalition of center-let political parties in India. It was formed after the General Election in 2004. At the time of its formation in 2004, it was led by the Indian National Congress (INC). The chairperson of the UPA is Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. Currently UPA is heading the government of India. The coalition is led by the Indian National Congress (INC), which is currently the single largest political party in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the parliament of India). The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the Council of Ministers are drawn from members of the UPA.

Campaigning is the process by which a candidate tires to persuade the voters persuade the voters to vote her/him rather than for is rival contestants. Campaigning is done through banners, speech, meetings. A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, wherein representatives are chosen or referendums are decided. In modern politics, the most high profile political campaigns are focused on candidates for head of state or head of government, often a President or Prime Minister.

A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related. Manifesto is derived from the Italian word manifesto, itself derived from the Latin manifestum, meaning clear or conspicuous. Its first recorded use in English is from 1620, in Nathaniel Brent's translation of Paolo Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent: "To this citation he made answer by a Manifesto. Similarly, "They were so farre surprised with his Manifesto, that they would never suffer it to be published

The place where we go to vote is called polling booth. Inside the polling place will be an area (usually a voting booth) where the voter may select the candidate or party of their choice in secret, and if a ballot paper is used this will be placed into a ballot box in front of witnesses but who cannot see the actual selection made. Voting machines may be employed instead

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List of Ministers

Portfolio

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Dr. Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Planning Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Minister of Finance Minister of Agriculture Minister of Food Processing Industries Minister of Defence Minister of Home Affairs Minister of External Affairs Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

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Shri Pranab Mukherjee Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar Shri A.K. Antony Shri Palaniappan Chidambaram Shri S.M. Krishna Shri Virbhadra Singh

Shri Vilasrao Minister of Science and Technology Dagadojirao Deshmukh Minister of Earth Sciences

Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

Shri Sushil Kumar Sambhajirao Shinde

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Power Minister of Corporate Affairs

Shri M. Veerappa

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Dr. Farooq Abdullah Shri Jaipal Sudini Reddy Shri Kamal Nath

Minister of New and Renewable Energy

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Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

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Minister of Urban Development

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Shri Vayalar Ravi

Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Minister of Civil Aviation

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Smt. Ambika Soni

Minister of Information and Broadcasting

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge

Minister of Labour and Employment

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Shri Kapil Sibal

Minister of Human Resource Development Minister of Communications and Information Technology

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Shri Anand Sharma Shri C. P. Joshi Kumari Selja Shri Subodh Kant Sahai Shri G.K. Vasan Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal Shri Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik Shri M. K. Alagiri Shri Praful Manoharbhai Patel Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal Shri Salman Khurshid Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo Shri Beni Prasad Verma Shri Jairam Ramesh

Minister of Commerce Industry and Minister of Textiles Minister of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister of Culture Minister of Tourism Minister of Shipping Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Water Resources Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister of Coal Minister Minister Minister Minister of of of of Law and Justice Minority Affairs Tribal Affairs Panchayati Raj

Minister of Steel Minister of Rural Development

Shri Dinesh Trivedi Minister of Railways

All citizens of India who are 18 years of age as on 1st. January of the year for which the electoral roll is prepared are entitled to be registered as a voter in the constituency where he or she ordinarily resides. Only persons who are of unsound mind and have been declared so by a competent court or disqualified due to Corrupt Practices or offences relating to elections are not entitled to be registered in the electoral rolls.

India is the largest democracy in the world. The right to vote and more importantly the exercise of franchise by the eligible citizens is at the heart of every democracy. We, the people, through this exercise of our right to vote have the ultimate power to shape the destiny of country by electing our representatives who run the Government and take decisions for the growth, development and benefit of all the citizens.

An electoral roll is a list of all eligible citizens who are entitled to cast their vote in an election. The electoral rolls are prepared Assembly Constituency wise. An electoral roll for any Assembly Constituency is subdivided into parts corresponding with the polling booths. The Election Commission of India has decided to generally have a maximum of 1200 electors per booth. The polling booths are so set up that no voter should ordinarily travel more than 2 kms . to reach the polling booth. Normally, one part will correspond with one polling booth. To exercise your franchise, the first and foremost requirement is that your name should be in the electoral roll. Without your name registered in the relevant part for the area where you ordinarily reside in the Assembly Constituency, you will not be allowed to exercise your franchise. Therefore, it is your duty to find out whether your name has been registered or no .

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