Why enhancing voter participation is necessary in the world’s largest democracy

Instead of resorting to mandating voting to achieve the objective of boosting voter turnout, it is more pragmatic to identify the underlying causes of lower voter participation and devise practical solutions to address them read more The tepid voter participation observed in the initial two phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has reignited the discourse surrounding the proposition of 'compulsory voting'. Nonetheless, the anxieties stemming from this have been somewhat assuaged by the release of the final voter turnout statistics for these phases by the Election Commission, as well as the subsequent phases. Presently, there is no notable deviation…