Consider the following statements:

1. In the election for Lok Sabha or State Assembly, the winning candidate must get at least 50 percent of the votes polled, to be declared elected. 

2. According to the provisions laid down in the Constitution of India, in Lok Sabha, the Speaker’s post goes to the majority party and the Deputy Speaker’s to the Opposition. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

 a) 1 only 

 b) 2 only 

 c) Both 1 and 2 

 d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution: 

• As India follows the First Past the Post System, where a candidate who polls more votes than any other candidate is declared elected. 
• As per the constitution, the speaker and deputy speaker in Lok Sabha are elected among its members. 
• It is not a constitutional provision but a convention that Speaker’s post goes to the majority party and the Deputy Speaker’s to the Opposition. 

Ans: (d)