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	Election Commission of India,Election Commissioner of India,Electoral Laws & Systems
		The Election Commission was established in accordance with the Constitution on 25th January 1950.
		This huge election machinery is deemed to be on deputation to the Election Commission and is subject to its control, superintendence and discipline during the election period, extending over a period of one and half to two months.
		The Commission holds periodical consultations with the political parties on matters connected with the conduct of elections; compliance of Model Code of Conduct and new measures proposed to be introduced by the Commission on election related matters.
	www.indian-elections.com /about-election-commission.html (1961 words)

	India News Online
		It is evident that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is faced with the prospect of finding a suitable schedule, for this vast operation, in the most difficult climatic period, between May and the end of September, 1999.
		Elections to the 9 State Assemblies, across the country, including some of the largest States, such as Karnataka, Andhra, Maharashtra, Bihar and Orissa have also to be held, as they are approaching the end of their 5-year period.
		After deep deliberations, the Election Commission of India has come to the unanimous view, that in the given circumstances, the best possible timing for the elections, considering all factors, is the month of September, and the first week of October, 1999.
	www.indianembassy.org /inews/May_1999/election_commission.html (842 words)

	Eastern Book Company - Practical Lawyer
		The Commission was of the view that there was large scale movement and migration of electors due to communal riots and violence and they had not returned to their homes and they would not be able to go to the polling station to cast their votes and the electoral rolls had to be revised.
		Therefore, the Election Commission came to the conclusion that it was not in a position to conduct free and fair election immediately after the dissolution of the Assembly and after the electoral roll is revised, the Commission would be in a position to conduct election to the General Assembly in the month of November/December, 2002.
		The Election Commission is under a constitutional duty to conduct the election at the earliest on completion of the term of the Legislative Assembly on dissolution or otherwise.
	www.ebc-india.com /lawyer/sp_case_comment/election_commission_case.htm (16726 words)

	The Mother India
		The Commission acted with great speed and scrupulous objectivity and fairness in finalizing the proposals for making disclosure of information on candidates' criminal records, assets and liabilities of the candidates, their spouses and dependent members of their families, and their educational qualifications.
		The jurisdiction of the Election Commission is wide enough to include all powers necessary for smooth conduct of elections and the word 'elections' is used in a wide sense to include the entire process of election which consists of several stages and embraces many steps.
		To maintain the purity of elections and in particular to bring transparency in the process of elections, the Commission can ask the candidates about the expenditure incurred by the political parties and this transparency in the process of elections would include transparency of a candidate who seeks election or re-election.
	themotherindia.tripod.com /lettertoec2.htm (1926 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
		India’s regular elections are as much a matter of curiosity as of admiration in the West — where polls are not as complex nor as big an exercise — and in West Asia, which has countries with little history of democracy.
		The agreement says that the Election Commission will cooperate with the UN to conduct elections in countries where the international agency is involved with the process.
		The Election Commission will nominate personnel from its staff who would be included in the UN’s panels of experts and function as observers and monitors.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040829/asp/frontpage/story_3691151.asp (510 words)

	Eastern Book Company-Practical Lawyer
		The Election Commission of India had refused to hold elections in Gujarat saying that the circumstances in Gujarat are not conducive for holding fair and free elections on account of the communal riots.
		The functionary responsible for conducting elections is expected to conduct, supervise and control, free, fair and peaceful elections to the Legislative Assembly and such functionaries are required to adopt a realistic, pragmatic and flexible approach to ensure that the country shall be governed in its true secular, socialist, democratic perspective.
		While programming the dates of poll the Commission considers the ground situation in the State and the assurance of the Government of India or the State Government in relation to the law and order situation of the area and on the question whether the atmosphere is conducive to the holding of free and fair election.
	www.ebc-india.com /lawyer/articles/625.htm (2739 words)

	Use of GIS by Election Commission of India
		Election Commission has taken a number of IT initiatives in the last few years.
		Parliament and Assembly boundary maps, with various kinds of readymade analysis, are also available on the Commission''s website www.eci.gov.in As part of "open databases" initiative, even the SHAPE files, with attribute tables, are available on the website for the public to download and generate their own maps.
		Since the Election Commission reaches every nook and corner of the country, it is believed that any countrywide GIS initiative by the Commission will spread the use and culture of GIS maps throughout the country in a big way.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /policy/india/application/me05_140abs.htm (224 words)

	EC won't ban exit polls
		Discussing the polls, the Commission sought to play down the level of violence in the first phase of voting claiming, "Barring a few incidents of violence and snatching of Electronic Voting Machines in some states, polling was by-and-large peaceful.
		The Commission has invited representatives from the election commissions of Australia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Mexico, Venezuela, South Africa and Russia to witness the election process in India.
		Their representatives would be guests of the Election Commission of India and would visit various states during the course of the elections," Jha said.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/21exit.htm (318 words)

	Steps being taken by the Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections in Jammu & Kashmir
		The Commission has considered this matter and decided that at the ensuing general election to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir the polling stations shall be dispersed and located as far as practicable, at the locations indicated in the electoral roll of 1988, subject to the changes approved by the Commission.
		The Commission has received complaints that there was considerable delay in the transmission of these postal ballot papers to the Returning Officers and, as a result, a significant percentage of the notified class of voters was deprived of their voting rights.
		The Commission considered this genuine grievance of the political parties and held a meeting with the Union Home Secretary wherein its was agreed that the leaders of the other political parties should also be provided with reasonable security cover so that they are also able to take up their election campaigns.
	meaindia.nic.in /jk/steps_taken12jul.htm (537 words)

	ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY v. ASHOK KUMAR & ORS [2000] INSC 476 (30 August 2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		People of free India are the sovereign and the exercise of judicial power is articulated in the provisions of the Constitution to be exercised by courts under the Constitution and the laws thereunder.
		The Election Commission may pass an order which far from accomplishing and completing the process of election may thwart the course of the election and such a step may be wholly unwarranted by the Constitution and wholly unsustainable under the law.
		Till 22nd September, 1999 the Election Commission was of the opinion that all the ballot boxes of one polling station will be distributed to one table for counting the ballot papers and that would be the manner of counting of votes.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/2000/476.html (4133 words)

	World's biggest election goes electronic - 29 July 2003 - New Scientist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		India, the world's largest democracy, has announced that every vote in its 2004 national election will be registered and counted using electronic ballot machines.
		But on Monday, Indian election commissioner T S Krishnamurthy announced that the 2004 parliamentary election would be entirely electronic for the first time.
		India's relatively simple implementation of electronic voting contrasts with systems proposed elsewhere in the world.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn3998 (435 words)

	The Mother India
		India [Civil Appeal No.7178 of 2001 – Union of India v Association for Democratic Reforms and Another] contending that the High Court ought to have directed the writ petitioners to approach the Parliament for appropriate amendments to the law instead of directing the Election Commission of India to implement the same;
		In case where law is silent, art 324 is a reservoir of power to act for the avowed purpose of having free and fair election.
		Affairs has, by their letter dated 19th June, 2002, informed the Commission that the matter of amending the forms of nomination papers is receiving consideration of the Government and that the Government has convened a meeting of the political parties for consideration of the matter on 8th July, 2002;
	themotherindia.tripod.com /ecorde1.htm (1454 words)

	Illusion and reality: The J& K State Assembly Elections
		Recent statements by DPM Mr.Advani that the Election Commission of India is fully capable of administering free and fair elections in JandK without international election monitoring are contrary to the long history of election fraud in the state.
		The Election Commission of India has said it was a priority to “make available to all concerned in the state clean, legible, computerized electoral rolls of high accuracy.” These rolls should be independently audited to ensure their accuracy.
		Although India has attempted to mollify concerns about their failure to provide free and fair elections in the past by allowing foreign journalists and other international observers “acting in their individual capacity.” Apparently, the Indian Government is wary of an organized, independent election monitoring effort that might question the legitimacy of its inadequate election procedures.
	www.hrdc.net /sahrdc/hrfeatures/HRF62.htm (1562 words)

	India Decides - Lok Sabha Elections 2004 : Mid Day
		Public places such as maidans etc., for holding election meetings and use of helipads for air-flights in connection with elections shall not be monopolised by itself.
		Issue of advertisement at the cost of public exchequer in the newspapers and other media and the misuse of official mass media during the election period for partisan coverage of political news and publicity regarding achievements with a view to furthering the prospects of the party in power shall be scrupulously avoided.
		The Commission shall announce the date of any election which shall be a date ordinarily not more than three weeks prior to the date on which the notification is likely to be issued in respect of such elections.
	www.mid-day.com /election04/conduct.htm (1446 words)

	Election Commission
		This is the first time that the Election Commission has introduced Voter slips to use at the time of poll and directed that the Voter Slips distribution in respect of all ACs should be over by 15th February 2003.
		The District wise packages of Election Commission of India’s Voter Slips were received by Chief Electoral Officer, through Indian Air lines and forwarded to District Election Officers with the Distribution Registers/Instructions without any waste of time.
		This was introduced by the Commission as a matter of abundant cautions permitting the odd electors who have not obtained their photo ID Card to vote at the General Election 2003.
	ceongl.nic.in (590 words)

	State Election Commission, Bihar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This huge election machinery is deemed to be on deputation to the State Election Commission and is subject to its control, superintendence and discipline during the election period.
		If elections are being held only for the Panchayats, the expenditure is borne entirely by the Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar while for the elections being held only for the Urban Local Bodies, the expenditure is borne entirely by the Urban Development Department, Government of Bihar.
		Again, it is the Commission, which decides on the location polling stations, assignment of voters to the polling stations, location of counting centers, arrangements to be made in and around polling stations and counting centers and all allied matters.
	sec.bih.nic.in /role.html (1542 words)

	Communist Parties Onslaught on Constitutional Entities by Dr. Subhash Kapila
		The President of India, The Supreme Court and The Election Commission of India are constitutional entities besides some others that are provided for in the Indian Constitution in the system of “checks and balances”.
		The Election Commission of India, a body reputed worldwide for its impartial role in conducting fair and free elections in the world’s largest democracy, is the special target of attack.
		India is a democracy functioning under the Indian Constitution which in the wisdom of its founding fathers saw fit to incorporate a system of ‘checks and balances” in the form of various Constitutional entities to safeguard the Constitution.
	www.boloji.com /plainspeak/034.htm (1164 words)

	ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA v. STATE BANK OF INDIA STAFF ASSOCIATION LOCAL HEAD OFFICE [1995] INSC 119 (7 February ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 1951 Act provides for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the House or 1 louses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt practices and other offenses at or in connection with such elections.
		On receipt of such a request from the Election Commission, such staff as may be necessary for discharge of the function under clause (1) must be made available to the Election Commission or Regional Commissioner.
		May be, the Election Commission may draw the minimum staff from the banks to ensure that the banking business is not disrupted but the question here is of power and not discretion.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1995/119.html (2789 words)

	ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
		Compendium of Instructions - general rules for election staff, candidates and state election commissions
		Election Expenses - rules governing the expenses incurred by the candidates
		Election Schedule - state and constituency-wise schedule for the General Elections '99
	www.punjabilok.com /misc/govtindia/elec_comm_links.htm (196 words)

	BBC News \| Despatches \| India addresses election apathy
		The Election Commission in India has launched a series of newspaper and television advertisements as part of its on-going campaign to encourage Indians to vote in the forthcoming elections, which begin on Monday.
		In India, the world's largest democracy, there seems to be a growing sense of boredom and disillusionment with politics.
		Voter turnout in general elections has decreased since 64% of the electorate took part in the vote of 1984.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/despatches/55885.stm (284 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
		The MHA informed that the Election Commission had been requested to include all the Indian citizens into the electoral rolls.
		The CCRCAP informed the Election Commission of India about the systematic obstacles being created by the state election commission and the state government officials in clear violation of the Delhi high court judgment.
		The Election Commission of India, which has gained its reputation of being one of the most credible institutions in India, subsequently ordered special revision for the Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh on March 31, 2003.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031211/asp/opinion/story_2666474.asp (478 words)

	Press Releases & Statements
		The Indian Liberal Group congratulates and compliments the Election Commission of India for initiating the implementation of the Supreme Court order of May 2, 2002, which will be a very significant step in reducing the criminalisation of politics.
		The Government of India’s appeal was supported by the several political parties in the Supreme Court.
		While recognising and appreciating the initiative taken by the Election Commission of India, the Indian Liberal Group also congratulates the Association for Democratic Reforms for taking this initiative and working for it over time to bring it to this stage.
	www.liberalsindia.com /update/PressRelease4.php (392 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Opinions
		Now that the Election Commission has shifted the counting of votes from February 27 to February 23, he can simply exercise some restraint and wait for a victory or a defeat at the hustings.
		India has a 1747-km long border with Nepal and it is a unique international border in that people of both countries can cross it freely without the sanction or permission of either state.
		Even more uniquely the Nepal India Treaty of 1950 allows the nationals of one country to have the same privileges in the matter of residence, ownership of property, participation in trade, commerce and employment in the other country.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050219/edit.htm (4366 words)

	Online NewsHour: India Election -- March 4, 1998
		Called Hindutva, the slogan has few specifics but declares India "a nation of Hindu values." He insists this does not violate the secular democratic tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, on which the nation was founded.
		They are often accused of being loyal to Pakistan, India's Islamic neighbor and adversary in three wars, according to Syed Shahabuddin, a former member of parliament and publisher of a journal called Muslim India.
		K. DUA, Editor, The Times of India: They are trying to project more a centrist party, keen to do the business of the state, taking the others along, than the kind of image they had tried to project earlier.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june98/india_3-4.html (1355 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana
		The Election Commission of India today banned all appointments in Haryana following complaints by the Opposition that even after the enforcement of the model code of conduct on December 17, the state government was appointing persons recommended by the Haryana Public Service Commission or the Haryana Staff Selection Commission.
		She said that commission had clarified that the expenses in connection with display of hoardings or banners would be booked to the account of election expenses of the candidate for whose benefit the hoardings or banners had been put up.
		The Haryana Election Commission(HEC) has decided that the panchayat voters list would be revised by taking the qualifying date as January 1, 2005, and on the basis of the Assembly electoral rolls, which are to be finally published by the Election Commission of India on January 3, 2005.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041228/haryana.htm (3597 words)

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