Questionnaire—

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE:
Gender

( ) male ( ) female

Age

( ) 15-20 ( ) 20-25 ( ) 25-30 ( ) 30-40 ( )

40 and above

Income

( ) <10000 ( ) 10001-25000 ( ) 25001-40000

( ) > 40000

Education

( ) <Graduation ( ) Graduation ( ) Post-

Graduation ( ) Phd

Occupation

( ) Student ( ) Govt. Employee ( ) Private Employee (

) Business ( ) Housewife ( ) Professional [CA, doctors,
architects, consultant, etc]

1) How regularly you cast your vote? [ 1 ]

1=always; 2= most often; 3=sometimes; 4 = less often; 5= rarely

2) Do overspending during elections results in loss of trust by the people?

Yes ( ) no ( )
Scale: 1-strongly agree, 2- agree, 3-neutral, 4-disagree, 5-strongly disagree.
 STATEMENTS 1 2 3 4 5
1 Voting is wastage of time. 5

2 Political parties are spending too much on 2

their campaigns.

3 The exposure of corrupt behaviour of 1

politician’s, results in loss of trust.

4 The partial fulfilment of promises by the 1

elected candidates results in decline in the
enthusiasm among voters.
5 poor education results in poor understanding 2
among voters regarding importance of
elections.
6 Violence has increased at the polling booth 3
results.

7 There is inconvenient distribution of polling 4

booths.

8 There are high discrepancies in voter id list. 1

9 Mandatory use of voter ID card is causing 2

inconvenience to the voters.

10 Excessive formalities in obtaining voter ID 2

card have degraded the interest among people
regarding voting.
11 Contesting of candidates of other castes 4
reduces the interest among voters.

12 High unemployment rate is declining the 1

interest among young voters.
13 More and more participation of non political 3
candidates is causing the decline the interest
among the voters.
14 There is lack of new and contemporary 2
election issues among political parties.

15 Increased job burden has reduced the voter 3

turnout.
16 There is an increase of rush at the polling 4
booths at peak hours.

17 Frequent elections reduce the interest among 4

voters.