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.