Write about election procedure.
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The election committee must:
- Issue the call for nominations collect all nominations.
- Check that nominated candidates are members of DM.
- Ask all nominated candidates to send confirmation of acceptance and a bio(if they accept).
- Compile the list of candidates and bios.
- Post the bios on a publicly accessible website.
- Announce elections to DM - L and the News server.
- Collect votes.
- Check votes against membership to DM.
- Tally votes.
- Reconfirm candidate's acceptance of the post.
- Announce results on DM - L and the News server.
Most important steps involved in election Procedure in India are:
- Formation of Constituencies
- Filling of Nominations
- Scrutiny of Nominations
- Election Campaign
- Polling Personnel and the Polling
- Counting of Votes and Declaration of Results
- Submission of Account Relating to Election Expenses
- Election Disputes
1. Formation of Constituencies:
The Constitution lays down that after the completion of each census the allocation of seats in the Lok Sabha to States shall be readjusted. Similarly, the constituencies for elections to the legislative assemblies are also readjusted.
2. Filling of Nominations:
The nomination of candidates is an important part of the election process. The regulations require that the candidate or the person who proposes his name files the nomination papers with the Returning Officer. In order to be chosen a member of the Rajya Sabha or the State Legislative Council, a person must be not less than 30 years of age.
3. Scrutiny of Nominations:
The Returning Officer scrutinizes the nomination papers very carefully. When someone is dissatisfied, he is officially stopped from contesting election for six years. The candidates can withdraw their nomination papers even after they have been found in order.
4. Election Campaign:
Techniques of election campaign and the tools employed by the parties and the independent candidates are many:
- Election Manifesto
- Electioneering (Activities and Techniques to Persuade Voters)
5. Polling Personnel and the Polling:
The election campaign must be stopped 48 hours before the time when poll concludes on the polling day.
6. Counting of Votes and Declaration of Results:
After the polling has ended the ballot boxes or the voting machines are sealed and carried under custody to the counting stations. Then the process of counting the votes begins. In 1979, the practice of booth-wise counting of ballot paper was revived.
7. Submission of Account Relating to Election Expenses:
The law fixes the maximum limit of the expenses to be incurred by various contenders on their election. In 1998, the limit of election expenses for an Assembly election in most States was raised from Rs. 1.50 lakh to Rs. 6 lakh.
8. Election Disputes:
The Constitution had originally provided for the appointment of Election Tribunals for deciding disputes arising in connection with elections. The Nineteenth Amendment Act (1966) abolished this provision and laid down that the election disputes would be decided by the High Courts.
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