Some of malpractices that occur during the Indian elections:1)Use of black money for rallies, ads and votes. Between 4-15 crores is spent by many candidates in Lok Sabha elections whereas the EC limit is Rs 70 lakhs. Naturally, most money used is black money, undeclared to the EC. Although crores of rupees are found by EC in raids during elections, the EC largely has been rather ineffective against black money.2)Over-expenditure. India spends an amount comparable to American elections whereas India’s GDP is nowhere close to the American GDP.3)Cash for votes. A large chunk of money spent by candidates is used to pay voters for votes in cash or liquor, or to pay the visitors of rallies for their time.4)Misuse of religion or caste. Classic divide and rule. Members of one or more communities are aroused to vote on religious or caste lines.5)Hate speech. A severe form of misuse of religion or caste. Not many people are aware that such hate speech amount to the Violation of the RPA and may result in disqualification of the candidates who make such speeches.6)Getting "apoliticals" to take political stand. Eminent persons not directly associated with politics are called upon to support one party or oppose an adversary.7)False promises. Making promises with no intention or possibility of fulfilling them once in power.8)Paid news. Paid news include news tarnishing the image of an adversary and inordinately positive news about a crony politician. In order to counter this, public debates between candidates should be made compulsory however, not the noisy Aajtak's sytle but on the style of US Presidential debates.9)Fake stings. A rather severe form of paid/biased news.10)Online opinion rigging. Paid keyboard operators run by PR firms are deployed to shape public opinion online.