Electoral Management in South-Asia An Appraisal

Abstract

This is a study on electoral management of South Asian countries, mainly emphasis
on Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The main question of the study is “how
does Electoral Management Body (EMB) of South Asian countries perform, despite having a same
colonial legacy?” The present study focuses on performances of the EMB of South Asian countries
and this article reveals that the defectiveness in the functioning of the Election Commission in
most of the South Asian countries. Like many aspects of politics, electoral politics of South Asian
countries is more or less the same. It is broadly observed that free and fair elections are indeed rare
in South Asian countries.