The Constitution provides for an Election Commission as an independent body under Art. 324, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner and as many election commissioners as the President may fix from time to time. The entire election procedure is managed, administered and monitored by it.
The main functions of the Election Commissioner are: (i) preparing electoral rolls and revising them after every census and before every general election to Union and State Legislatures; (ii) to supervise the machinery of elections throughout the country; (iii) to notify dates and schedules of elections so that nomination papers are filled and ....
