Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ21477

Holistic development of the political system is not possible if the government and its representatives are not elected through fair means. To build an equi-table and just political regime it is inevitable for us to reform our electoral process. In this article we take a cursory and simplified look on electoral is-sues and their suggested solutions. Abstract- India as a procedural democracy is growing well and citizens are gradually becoming aware of their political rights. Voting percentage is in-creasing and people from every section of the society are coming out to vote. The Election Commission of India, the Government of India, civil society or-ganizations and even the private sector is playing an important role in en-couraging voters to exercise their franchise. The younger generation is be-coming more aware about the democratic system, and has started playing a key role in encouraging people to vote. However, these encouraging trends aside, we are still far away from reaping the advantages of the democratic surplus that we are gifted with. There is a need to overhaul our electoral governance to bring in effective systemic changes that would make serious dent on electoral malpractices and in the process change the fortunes of our people in a better way. Holistic development of the political and social system is not possible if the government and its representatives are not elected through fair means. The chances are greater for the whole system to be corrupt if unaccounted money is involved in elections. To build an equitable and just political re-gime it is inevitable for us to reform our electoral process.