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The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a chief election commissioner and consists of two other election commissioners as constituent members.
The Election Commission is composed of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other (number determined by the President) additional Election Commissioners (ECs) appointed by the President of India under the provision Article 324 of the Constitution.
Part XV of the Constitution of India consists of Articles on Elections. [1] Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of president of India and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the Election Commission .
The Election Commissioners of India are the members of Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections in India. An election commissioner is appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a three member selection committee headed by the Prime Minister of India .
A classic example of a constitutional body is the Election Commission of India, which is created to conduct and regulate the national and state elections in India. A Constitutional body has either complete independence or functional independence when discharging their constitutional obligations.
States Election Commission (India) is an autonomous and Constitutional body constituted in States and Union Territories of India for ensuring that elections are conducted in free, fair and unbiased way.
The elections for the President and Vice President of India, the Rajya Sabha (council of states) and Lok Sabha (house of the people), State Legislative Assemblies (including Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Puducherry), and State Legislative Councils are conducted by the Election Commission of India.
The Election Commission expressed its opposition to Electoral Bonds during a hearing on the electoral bonds issue in the Supreme Court, citing its affidavit filled with the Law Ministry in 2017, terming it "a retrograde step". The poll panel led by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi during the course of the hearing expressed concern over the ...