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Highlights of Current Affairs 12 May 2026
- India constitutionally follows a joint electorate system, but rising electoral polarization is creating concerns about a de facto “separate electorate” situation.
- Separate electorate refers to a system where members of a specific religious or community group vote only for candidates from their own community.
- Separate electorates were introduced in colonial India through the Morley-Minto Reforms and later expanded under the Communal Award before being abolished after Independence.
- Electoral polarization includes elite polarization, where political parties shift towards ideological extremes, and affective polarization, where voters increasingly distrust rival political groups.
- Legislative asymmetry caused by consolidation of majority votes can reduce meaningful minority representation in governance.
- Welfare exclusionism is growing as welfare schemes and public goods are increasingly viewed through communal or identity-based lenses.
- Candidate homogenisation is increasing as political parties prefer candidates from dominant local identities, reducing inclusive representation.
- Information segregation through social media echo chambers is weakening shared civic discourse and promoting separate political narratives among communities.
- A de facto separate electorate may lead to trust deficit, legislative gaps, weakening social cohesion, and loss of minority “swing vote” influence.
- The framers of the Indian Constitution rejected separate electorates because they were considered divisive and harmful to national integration and inclusive democracy.
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