Election Commision

The Election Commission is responsible for planning and executing a whole gamut of complex operations that go into the conduct of elections. During the elections, the entire Central (Federal) and State government machinery including para-military forces and the Police is deemed to be on deputation to the Election Commission which takes effective control of personnel, movable and immovable Government Properties it deems necessary for successful completion of the electoral process.
The Apart from conducting elections to representative bodies, the Election Commission has been on many occasions, called upon by the Courts to oversee and execute elections to various governing bodies of other autonomous organisations, such as
Syndicates of Universities, statutory professional bodies, etc.The following are the principal functions of the Election Commission of India Demarcation of Constituencies Preparation of Electoral Rolls Recognition of Political parties and allotment of symbols Scrutiny of nomination papers Conduct of polls Scrutiny of election expenses of candidatesThe following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India

. Despite the recent changes in the hierarchy, the system always had powers to impose unambiguous rules and guidelines that applied across the entire nation e.g. as to how the ballots will be cast and counted, what will be regarded as 'unqualified' vote (something whose importance became very evident during US presidential election in 2000).

India was probably one of the first countries in the World to go for a completely electronic ballot in the last elections. What made this remarkable was the fact that the Office of the Chief Election Commissioner had successfully implemented this across the entire diverse Indian population that also consisted of the rural illiterate people.While the office has always been an important one in the machinery of The following