USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was the voting system under the Old Order unfair?
A
Largest part of society had no real power
B
Largest number of society had a voice
C
Upper estates vote was only based on population.
D
Only 3 votes were cast
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Every citizen who is or above 18 years old contains a right to vote with none discrimination of caste, race, religion, sex, literacy, etc. The eld was reduced from 21 to 18 by the Parliament within the year 1989 by the 61st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988.

Detailed explanation-2: -The voters who live in an area elect one representative. For Lok Sabha elections, India is divided into 543 constituencies. The representative elected from each constituency is called a Member of Parliament or an MP. Each state is divided into a specific number of Assembly constituencies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 in the year 1989.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first recorded popular elections of officials to public office, by majority vote, where all citizens were eligible both to vote and to hold public office, date back to the Ephors of Sparta in 754 BC, under the mixed government of the Spartan Constitution.

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