Purposes of Elections

The following are the purposes of general elections:

1) To select an MP to represent the constituency as a whole and us as individuals if we have a grievances against the state

2) To provide a verdict on the performance of the government. Voting for the candidate that belongs to the ruling party indicates satisfaction, whilst voting for a candiate of another party/ abstaining alltogether indicates dissatisfaction. For example, in May 2010 the Labour Party got very few votes.

3) To choose between different party programmes by reading party manifestos

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