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3. State Assembly Elections : People Similar to Lok Sabha elections, leader of the
directly elect their representatives for the majority party/alliance takes oath as Chief
Legislative Assembly. Total strength of each Minister
assembly depends on each State, mostly 4. Local Body Elections : In this case as
based on size and population. well, people directly elect their representa-

E.g., Tamil Nadu has 234 MLAs while Delhi tives for a smaller geographical area. There
has 70 MLAs. are different types of local bodies. Corpora-
tions, Municipalities, Panchayats, etc.

Terminology

Oligarchy : a small group of people having control of a country
Conviction : a firmly held belief or opinion
Propagate : spread and promote widely

Inside Story
Inside Story
g Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the
decisions that affect their lives.
g Apartheid is the name of the policy of racial segregation which was followed in South
Africa.
g The African National Congress was one of the leading groups with Nelson Mandela as its
leader.
g Most representative democracies have multi-party elections.

g The government has to satisfy the general needs of the people.
g A democratic government provides people with many powers, apart from voting in
elections.
g In a democratic country, elections make a fundamental process.

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Democracy allows people to participate:
(a) equally (b) unequally (c) partially
2. Dutch settlers had followed this practice since the 17th century.

(a) Democracy (b) Apartheid (c) None of these
3. In which year, President F.W. De Klerk abolished laws relating to segregation and made
changes in the constitution?
(a) 1990 (b) 1918 (c) 1991

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