Who should I vote this election?

I am a believer in democracy and therefore in voting. Elections are the only decent feedback avenues that we as people of a democracy have to create change in the way we live. I have thought about how our voting system can be modified to best express what we want to convey to our governments. First, we vote for only one candidate. Many voters do not have a strong inclination towards the candidate they vote for. We could instead rank the given list of candidates, as in what our first, second, third choices are. This way we can not only say who is the best person to represent me in the parliament, but also who the worst person in the list is. Later, these ranks can be consolidated and the person who is ranked the best can be selected to represent the people in the constituency. Well, as you guessed it right, this method will take time and is not very practical. Another thing I keep thinking about is, who do we vote for? the candidate or the party. This is an important question. If we look at our political system, we actually choose MLAs and MPs and not our Chief Minister or Prime Minister. The MLAs and MPs choose our CM and PM. But the way elections work is completely opposite. They ask us to vote for the PM/CM. We are asked to completely ignore who will be representing us in our contituency. Why does that bother me? Well it does because, I feel that one should make sure that one doesn't vote for a corrupt and incompetent candidate just because he happens to be in the same party or coalition as that of their preferred PM candidate. By overlooking who we elect at the lower levels (like MLAs and MPs) we are giving our approval to incompetent/corrupt candidates to climb the ladder of power and governance. In a few years, these people who we unknowingly elect will become ministers and even the PM. Do we want that to happen? Therefore, I believe that we should weigh the pros and cons of the candidates in our constituency and vote for them instead of checking the credentials/achievements of their party as a whole. This way we can ensure that only good and competent candidates are sent to assemblies and the parliament. By rejecting the worthless candidates put up by various national and regional parties, we can tell these parties that candidate profiles matter. This could make them stop fielding corrupt/convicted/incompetent people in our constituencies.

Whether to vote for the candidate or the prime ministerial candidate is for u to decide.