Office Of The Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar

The Election Commission on Friday introduced the schedule for assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Puducherry. The counting of votes for all 5 assembly elections will happen on May 2, announced the Election Commission . In right now's DNA, Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary analyses Indian elections and the way in a median 5 to 7 

assembly elections are carried out every year. The Election Commission office, which issued a quantity of guidelines/instructions/Orders for campaigning throughout common election/bye election in wake of COVID-19 pandemic within the country, 

sought the views of the political events on holding the election amid such situation. On getting into the polling station, the elector is checked against the Electoral Roll, and allocated a ballot paper.

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However, this lack of statutory backing doesn't prevent the fee from imposing it. Elections are conducted according to the constitutional provisions, supplemented by legal guidelines made by Parliament. The major legal guidelines are Representation of the People Act, 1950, which mainly offers with the preparation and revision of electoral rolls, the Representation of the People Act,

 1951 which offers, in detail, with all elements of conduct of elections and publish election disputes. The Supreme Court of India has held that where the enacted laws are silent or make inadequate provision to deal with a given situation within the conduct of elections,

 the Election Commission has the residuary powers under the Constitution to act in an applicable manner. He can't be faraway from his workplace besides in the identical manner and on the same grounds as a decide of the Supreme Court.