{"id":31312,"date":"2026-08-31T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=31312"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:41:07","slug":"india-anti-defection-law-voter-supremacy-electoral-mandate-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/india-anti-defection-law-voter-supremacy-electoral-mandate-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Anti-Defection Law: Why the Voter Must Be Supreme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>The Voter Must Be Supreme: Rethinking India\u2019s Anti-Defection Law and Restoring the People\u2019s Mandate<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Why India Needs to Move From Party-Centred Anti-Defection Law to Voter-Mandate Protection<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cA politician may change parties, change positions and even change political loyalties\u2014but the people\u2019s mandate is not theirs to carry elsewhere. If you want to change sides, go back to the people and ask them again.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Adv. Tarun Choudhury<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

India is a representative democracy. Every five years, or whenever an election is otherwise held, the people exercise one of the most powerful constitutional rights available to them: they choose who will represent them.<\/p>

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