Question

Write short notes on.
Election Commission and political parties

Answer 1

a. In India, the elections are conducted, administered, controlled and monitored by the Election Commission.
b. The Election Commission also decides the criteria for formation of a political party.
c. A political party that wishes to take part in the election needs to register itself with the Election Commission.
d. There were 1593 registered political parties as on 10th March, 2014. Later, 239 parties.
e. The Election Commission allots symbols to the registered parties. It also allots unreserved symbols to unrecognized parties and individual candidates.
f. After the election the Election Commission counts the votes and announces the political party who wins maximum votes as the winner.