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Electoral Processes and Government in Britain, the USA and India

Government · Elections and Comparative Government

Syllabus tag: KCSE | History and Government | Form 4 | Topic 37 Elections and Comparative Government

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

  • Describe Kenya's electoral process and the role of the IEBC.
  • Describe the system of government in Britain.
  • Describe the system of government in the United States.
  • Describe the system of government in India and compare the three with Kenya.

Summary

An election is the process by which citizens choose their representatives. Kenya's elections are run by the IEBC every five years. Britain has a parliamentary system with an unwritten constitution and a constitutional monarch; the USA a presidential federal system with a written constitution; India a parliamentary federal republic — the world's largest democracy.