Английская Википедия:Democracy in India
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Democracy in India is the largest by population in the world.[1][2] Elections in India started with the 1951–52 Indian general election. India was the 19th most electoral democratic country in Asia according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.399 out of 1.[3] The Economist Democracy Index considered 2022 India a Flawed democracy.[4]
Democratic backsliding
Шаблон:See also According to V-Dem Institute laws on sedition, defamation, and counterterrorism are used to silence critics,[5] and describes India as "one of the worst autocratisers in the last 10 years".[6] Free political speech is limited.[7] Gerrymandering is another challenge to democracy in India.[8][9]
History
Шаблон:See also Early Shakyas, Koliyas, Mallakas, and Licchavis claim assemblies open to all men, rich and poor,[10] which could be considered a form of direct democracy. Other [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Шаблон:Transliteration]]s and [[gana|Шаблон:Transliteration]]s had councils of unelected nobles, which don't meet the standards of democracy. Greek historian Diodorus writes two centuries after the time of Alexander the Great about democratic states in India,[11] but lacks evidence for elections considering the word "democracy" around the 3rd century BCE could mean any autonomous state.[12][13] Later in 10th century the election of local representatives for the village bodies during the Chola Empire is claimed in Vaikunda Perumal Temple's inscriptions.[14][15][16]
See also
References
Шаблон:Asia topic Шаблон:India topics
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- ↑ Pillai, Shreeya and Lindberg, Staffan I. (2021) "Democracy Broken Down: India" in Democracy Report 2021: Autocratization Turns Viral pp.20–21. V-Dem Institute
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- ↑ Forbes India Investigation: India's most gerrymandered constituencies, Karthik Shashidhar, 2019
- ↑ India 'gerrymanders' Kashmir region in redrawn electoral map, 2022
- ↑ Robinson, 1997, p. 23
- ↑ Diodorus 2.39
- ↑ Larsen, 1973, pp. 45–46
- ↑ de Sainte, 2006, pp. 321–3
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- ↑ Vaikunta perumal temple inscriptions, Uttiramerur, TN and democratic election practices 1000 years ago, Navrang India, September 02, 2022