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TODAY I AM GOING TO START A BLOG SERIES ON ELECTION SEASON. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST CHUNK OF THIS SERIES .
- TOPIC :- WHO CONDUCTS THE ELECTION IN INDIA ?
• AS WE ALL KNOW ELECTIONS ARE KNOCKING OUR DOOR AND THE ELECTION COMMISSION HAD ANNOUNCED THE LOK SABHA ELECTION SCHEDULE ON MARCH 10, WHEN THE MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT CAME INTO EFFECT. THE MAIN PARTIES CONTESTING THE LOK SABHA POLLS ARE THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP) AND THE CONGRESS.
• THE GENERAL ELECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE HELD IN SEVEN PHASES FROM APRIL 11 TO 19 MAY 2019. THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 23.
• INDIA IS A DEMOCRATIC NATION AND GIVES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ITS CITIZEN TO ELECT THEIR LEADERS . IT OFFERS THE RIGHT OF ONE PERSON ONE VOTE WHICH ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE .
• INDIAN HAS AN INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION NAMED ELECTION COMMISSION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE ELECTIONS OVER THE NATION. IT ADMINISTERS THE ELECTIONS TO LOKSABHA, RAJYASABHA, STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. THE ELECTION COMMISSION OPERATES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CONSTITUTION PER ARTICLE 324.
• IT ISSUES THE MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT BEFORE EVERY ELECTION THAT STATES THE RULES AND REGULATION FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS IN A FREE AND FAIR MANNER.
• IT LAYS DOWN GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND CANDIDATES DURING AN ELECTION PERIOD. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES OF VIOLATION OF THE CODE BY VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES WITH COMPLAINTS BEING RECEIVED FOR MISUSE OF OFFICIAL MACHINERY BY THE CANDIDATES.THE CODE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC STATUTORY BASIS BUT ONLY A PERSUASIVE EFFECT. IT CONTAINS THE RULES OF ELECTORAL MORALITY. HOWEVER. THIS LACK OF STATUTORY BACKING DOES NOT PREVENT THE COMMISSION FROM ENFORCING IT.
• THE CHIEF OF THIS INSTITUTION IS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA . THE APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER IS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE APPOINTMENT OF A JUDGE IN INDIA. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM HIS POST BY ANY EXECUTIVE OF INDIA . IT REQUIRES A RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY IN BOTH THE LOK SABHA AND THE RAJYA SABHA ON THE GROUNDS OF PROVED MISBEHAVIOR OR INCAPACITY. OTHER ELECTION COMMISSIONERS CAN BE REMOVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER. A CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER HAS NEVER BEEN IMPEACHED IN INDIA.
THAT's ALL FOR THIS SLICE OF THE SERIES . WE WILL BE SOON UPDATING YOU WITH ANOTHER SCRAP OF THIS BLOG SERIES.
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