"Planned Result" of "Fair Voting"

Yesterday I was in a small election program as an observer. In fact, it was for reformation of a youth club, established by some students of a college. The college is well-known in Kathmandu valley and has more than 1000 students. However, the club only includes students from one single faculty of its Bachelor level.

I also had observed election of the same club previous year also, and there the coordinator was unanimously elected. However, this year I knew that 3 students were competing for the post. Fortunately (for the candidates themselves), only vice-coordinator and Joint-treasurer were unanimously elected. Other candidates faced election! There were 2 for a secretary, 2 or 3 for a joint-secretary and a treasurer. Nine students were competing for 5 posts of member.

ELECTION - everyone expects fairness and right judgment. I was also expecting so, but it went wrong. The founder coordinator of the club now has become a staff of the same college, and this day he was chief of the election committee. (Don't think anything wrong, he is my old and good friend: and I believe he can face this accusation.) Now he can't do anything as he wishes because he is now chief of election committee, formed for fairness of the election. How can we blame him?

However, he had prepared a lot for the election before. He had a full panel in deed. 

Before the voting begins, all the candidates were given a minute for speech in front of their voters. I am not going to give you all the details. But, only of views of candidates for coordinator. As said, there were three- two female and a male. The first male candidate spoke on his plans to run the club with better and more creative planning than the previous leadership. No one expected more words from the second candidate (female), because she began with "Actions speak louder than words".  She said that she would do better since she had exhausted a year in the club as vice-coordinator. Further, she said that it is women's turn for leadership, because there were already 2 male coordinators in the last two years. (In appearance, it seemed quite one-sided, but the fact was that 90% of total voters were female.) Reacting on her speech, the male candidate immediately said that male and female have equal rights and responsibilities. The election committee however managed the row! The third's candidate's speech was not so important that she got 4 votes out of 53.

The male was supported by that man, my old and good friend. Apparently we neutral observers had found that the female candidate is far better than him, not only in words, but also in actions. The result came. Not surprisingly (because we already had known that the boy had got support from my friend), he won 32 votes against 17 of that lady. I felt poor and helpless! This was "planned result of a fair election". 

Since yesterday's event, I have began to suspect on fairness of all the elections. I now realize that election does not necessarily bring out democracy and good governance. First we need to develop a strong sense of judgment on the minds of voters, so that it can't be guided by weak logics of some influencing man. This applies to election of all level- from a intra-college club to the nation. What do you think?