Elections in India
India being the largest democracy of the world and conducting a free and fare election is a mammoth task. The whole election process is controlled by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI is s a constitution body and was established on Jan 25th 1950 under the guidlines of the Indian Constitution.
The Constitution of India has vested in the Election Commission of India the superintendence, direction and control of the entire process for conduct of elections to Parliament and Legislature of every State and to the offices of President and Vice-President of India.
ECI has taken several new initiatives in the recent past. Notable among these are, a scheme for use of State owned Electronic Media for broadcast/telecast by Political parties, checking criminalisation of politics, computerisation of electoral rolls, providing electors with Identity Cards, electronic voting machines, simplifying the procedure for maintenance of accounts and filling of the same by candidates and a variety of measures for strict compliance of Model Code of Conduct, for providing a level playing field to contestants during the elections.
Originally, the ECI had one election commissioner but now it has one Chief Election Commissioner and two election commissioner.
More details of the ECI functioning and its role in Indian parliamentary system can be found at www.eci.gov.in
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