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  "One final test of the free and fairness of election lies in the outcome itself". Justify the statement with the help of the outcomes of India's elections.  

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                  Outcomes of India's elections justify the statement in the following ways                                         (i) The ruling parties routinely lose elections in India  both at the national and state levels. In fact in every two out of the three elections held in the last fifteen years, the ruling party lost.                       (ii) Candidates who are known to have spent a lot or money on 'buying votes' and those with known criminal connections often lose elections.        (iii) Barring very few disputed elections, the electoral outcomes are usually accepted as 'peoples' verdict' by defeated party,