Election Commission of India

There are two Representation of People Acts – the first enacted in 1950 and the second enacted in 1951. Both serve a different purpose. Both together form the backbone of Indian Electoral System. Think of the 1950 Act as the “planning phase” and the 1951 Act as the “game day rules”. Following are the latest…

Syllabus SYBCOM III – OE – Understanding Elections in India Module 1: Introduction 1.1 Election Commission of India 1.2 Representation of People Act 1950 and 1951 1.3 Elections : Nature and Challenge Module 2 : Electoral Process 2.1 Election campaigning 2.2 Election funding 2.3 Electoral reforms Module 3: Electoral Participation and major stakeholders 3.1 Political…