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Smt. P. Bharathi, I.A.S., is the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) [15] and Shri Sanjay Prasad is the Chief Election Commissioner of Gujarat State Election Commission. His period of service will be 5 years or attaining an age of 65 years whichever is earlier. State Government has appointed Shri Sanjay Prasad, IAS (Retd) as State Election ...
Chief Electoral Officer is a statutory authority created for representing Election Commission of India for conducting elections in states and union territories of India. Constitution of India with introduction of Article 324 made the powers of Chief Electoral Officer(India) independent.
The State Election Commissioner is the head of the commission and is assisted by additional commissioners and secretaries. At the district level, the conduct and supervision of the elections are the responsibility of the district collector / district magistrate .
In the latter half of 2024, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar led a series of state elections with Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand all heading to the polls within months, Kumar's leadership ensured smooth, inclusive, peaceful and impactful electoral processes that resonated across the nation.
During the elections to the legislative assemblies of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in November-December 2017, Jyoti delayed the announcement of the dates for the Gujarat election, despite that in 2012, the dates for both states were announced on the same day. Jyoti later clarified that flood relief work
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Aam Admi Party are currently represented in the state legislature. Other parties which have been influential in the past include Swatantra Party, Praja Socialist Party (PSP), Indian National Congress (Organisation) (NCO), Janata Party, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Gujarat) (JDG) and Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP).
The Election Commission of India was a single member body till 1989 when two election commissioners were appointed to aid the chief election commissioner. [4] While the office has always been an important one in the machinery of the Indian political process, it gained significant public attention during the tenure of T.N. Seshan , from 1990 to ...
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are ...