what are the main function of election commission of india
Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, state Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country.[1][2] The Election Commission operates under the authority of Constitution per Article 324,[3] and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act.[4] The Commission has the powers under the Constitution, to act in an appropriate manner when the enacted laws make insufficient provisions to deal with a given situation in the conduct of an election. Being a constitutional authority, Election Commission is amongst the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the countryâ€™s higher judiciary and later the UPSC.
Indian general election, 2019 General elections are due to be held in India by 2019 to constitute the seventeenth Lok Sabha.
Election Commissioner of India Until 1989, the commission was a single member body, but later two additional Election Commissioners were added. Thus, the Election Commission currently consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. The decisions of the commission are taken by a majority vote. Om Prakash Rawat[1] is the current Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners are Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa[2]
President of India The president is indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising the Parliament of India (both houses) and the legislative assemblies of each of India's states and territories, who themselves are all directly elected.