RIGHT TO VOTE AND CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS

Election is the pivotal ingredient to the democratic process which allows various political actors to compete over choices and issues. Therefore the success of the democracy mainly depends on the level of electoral system and participate of citizens in the politics. Not only this the right to vote and the exercise of this franchise by eligible citizens is the pulse of every democracy. Therefore in this paper an attempt has been made to understand how the democracy works in India, importances of citizens participation in the politics and also to analyze the concept of right to vote, its origin and developments at international and national level and to understand the object of introducing concept of “None of the above” (NOTA) and other related aspects relating to citizens participation in politics.