Election commission of India : Structure, Composition and Functions.
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COMPOSITION
1. The election commission consists of the Chief Election Commissioner and such number of other election commissioners, and may vary from time to time.
2. The appointment of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners is made by the president.
3. When any other election commissioner is appointed , the chief election commissioner acts as the chairman of the election commission.
4. The president may also appoint after consultation with the election commission such regional commissioners which she/he may consider necessary to assist the election commission.
5. The conditions of service and tenure of office of the election commissioners and the regional commissioners is as determined by the President.
FUNCTION
1. It determines the territorial area of the electoral constituencies in accordance with the Delimitation Commission Act.
2. It prepares the electoral rolls and revises them from time to time. It registers all the eligible voters.
3. It prepares and notifies the schedule of the election.
4. It receives and scrutinizes the nomination papers from all the candidates in the elections.
5. It registers political parties and grants recognition to them. It provides election symbols to the political parties.
6. It provides the status of national or state parties to the political parties on the basis of their performance in the elections.
7. It acts as the court to look into disputes regarding the recognition of political parties and allotment of symbols to them.
8. It appoints officers to enquire into disputes relating to electoral arrangements.
9. It prepares the time table for the publicity of the policies and programmes of political parties through TV and radio.
10. It ensures that the model code of conduct is followed by all the political parties and all the candidates.
11. It advises the president on matters relating to the disqualification of the members of the parliament.
12. It advises the governor of the state on matters relating to the disqualification of the members of the state legislature.
13. It requests the president or the governor for the necessary staff required for conducting elections.
14. It supervises election machinery and the conduct of elections to ensure free and fair elections.
15. It cancels polls in the event of irregularities and wrongdoings during an election.
16. It advises the president whether the elections can be held in a state under president’s rule.
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