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Polls and processes: On Assembly bye-elections, the ECI

The Election Commission of India is taking some proactive steps towards transparency (पारदर्शिता)

The results of the bye-elections in five Assembly constituencies — Kadi (SC) and Visavadar in Gujarat, Nilambur in Kerala, Ludhiana West in Punjab and Kaliganj in West Bengal — indicate the factors at play (in action; in operation (influencing a situation/result)) at the local and regional levels. The Congress-led United Democratic Front candidate Aryadan Shoukath won the Nilambur seat. P.V. Anvar, who had won in 2021 as a Left-backed independent, vacated the seat after a spat (विवाद, तकरार) with the ruling coalition (गठबंधन), contested as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate (which was rejected) and then stood as an independent. The seat falls (be classified; come under) in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency represented by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate performed poorly (खराब प्रदर्शन करना). The outcome (परिणाम, नतीजा) could impact the tone (mood, style) of the campaigning (अभियान, चुनाव प्रचार) for the Kerala Assembly elections due (expected, anticipated, awaited, scheduled for) next year. The alignment (संरेखण) of communities and relative (सापेक्ष, संबंधित) power of parties in both Fronts (an organized political group) will be affected by the Nilambur result. In the Kaliganj constituency in Nadia district, the ruling TMC’s candidate Alifa Ahmed won by a margin of over 50,000 votes. Her father’s death had led to the by-poll. Counting day was marred by the death of a child in a crude bomb explosion (विस्फोट, धमाका), a sign of the continuing and disturbing role of violence in the State. Assembly elections in West Bengal will take place next year.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s wins in Visavadar and Ludhiana West are significant for a party that lost power in Delhi, its original stronghold (गढ़), in February. Its MLA in Visavadar had defected (दल बदलना, पक्ष बदलना) to the BJP, and the renewed (नवीकृत, पुनः स्थापित) mandate (जनादेश) helps AAP retain its stake (दांव, हिस्सेदारी) in State politics. Its former State president Gopal Italia is the winner. AAP’s former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and industrialist Sanjeev Arora won the Ludhiana West seat in a State it rules. The BJP retained Kadi. The by-polls were also notable (उल्लेखनीय) for the new initiatives by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to reinforce (strengthen, support, make stronger, bolster, buttress) the integrity (righteousness, uprightness, morality, probity, honesty, fairness) of the electoral process and make it more accessible. These include mobile deposit facility (an initiative introduced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) that allows voters to securely deposit their mobile phones outside polling stations before entering to vote) for the electors at all polling stations, upgraded (improved, better, modernized) voter turnout (participation, attendance. (Voter turnout refers to the number or percentage of eligible voters who cast their ballots)) sharing process resulting in (cause, lead to, bring about, give rise to) faster updating of the approximate polling trends, and most significantly, webcasting (the practice of broadcasting of an event over the Internet) at 100% of polling stations. The issues of disputes over heavy polling in sensitive booths in the concluding hours of voting and transparency related to video records of booth activities remain, and the ECI must continue to take proactive measures to not only be fair but also to be seen so.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.transparency (noun)

Hindi Meaning - पारदर्शिता
English Meaning - straightforwardness, openness, frankness, forthrightness, honesty, unambiguity, clarity

2.spat (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विवाद, तकरार
English Meaning - quarrel, dispute, controversy, disagreement, fight, argument.

3.coalition (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गठबंधन
English Meaning - alliance, union, bloc, affiliation, relationship, partnership.

4.perform poorly (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - खराब प्रदर्शन करना
English Meaning - do badly.

5.outcome (noun)

Hindi Meaning - परिणाम, नतीजा
English Meaning - end result, conclusion, consequence, aftermath.

6.campaign (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियान, चुनाव प्रचार
English Meaning - canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.

7.alignment (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संरेखण
English Meaning - a position of agreement; a position of alliance.

8.relative (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - सापेक्ष, संबंधित
English Meaning - comparative, respective, corresponding, comparable, reciprocal.

9.explosion (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विस्फोट, धमाका
English Meaning - blast, detonation, discharge, eruption, ignition, bowing up.

10.stronghold (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गढ़
English Meaning - fort, fortress, bulwark, mainstay, support.

11.defect (verb)

Hindi Meaning - दल बदलना, पक्ष बदलना
English Meaning - change sides, shift ground, break faith, turn traitor, go over to the enemy.

12.renewed (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - नवीकृत, पुनः स्थापित
English Meaning - re-established.

13.mandate (noun)

Hindi Meaning - जनादेश
English Meaning - approval, acceptance, endorsement, authority (given by a constituency to someone acting as its representative).

14.stake (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दांव, हिस्सेदारी
English Meaning - a share or interest in a situation.

15.notable (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - उल्लेखनीय
English Meaning - important, significant, striking, glaring, special.

16.at play (phrase)

English Meaning - in action; in operation (influencing a situation/result).

17.backed (adjective)

English Meaning - supported by, endorsed by.

18.fall (verb)

English Meaning - be classified; come under.

19.tone (noun)

English Meaning - mood, style.

20.due (adjective)

English Meaning - expected, anticipated, awaited, scheduled for.

21.front (noun)

English Meaning - an organized political group.

22.led to past participle of lead to (verb)

English Meaning - result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.

23.mar (verb)

English Meaning - impair, damage, spoil, ruin, wreck, hurt.

24.reinforce (verb)

English Meaning - strengthen, support, make stronger, bolster, buttress.

25.integrity (noun)

English Meaning - righteousness, uprightness, morality, probity, honesty, fairness.

26.mobile deposit facility (noun)

English Meaning - an initiative introduced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) that allows voters to securely deposit their mobile phones outside polling stations before entering to vote.

27.upgraded (adjective)

English Meaning - improved, better, modernized.

28.turnout (noun)

English Meaning - participation, attendance. (Voter turnout refers to the number or percentage of eligible voters who cast their ballots).

29.result in (verb)

English Meaning - cause, lead to, bring about, give rise to.

30.webcasting (noun)

English Meaning - the practice of broadcasting of an event over the Internet.