▪️The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India.
▪️The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, state Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country.
▪️The Election Commission operates under the authority of Constitution per Article 324, and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act.
▪️The Commission has the powers under the Constitution, to act in an appropriate manner when the enacted laws make insufficient provisions to deal with a given situation in the conduct of an election.
▪️Being a constitutional authority, Election Commission is amongst the few institutions which ( DailyGKZone )function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary and lately the UPSC.
✔️ Agency overview
▪️Formed : 25 January 1950 (Later celebrated as National Voters Day)
▪️Jurisdiction : India
▪️Headquarters : New Delhi
▪️Agency executives :
1. Achal Kumar Jyoti, IAS, Chief Election Commissioner of India
2. Om Prakash Rawat, IAS, Election Commissioner of India
3. Sunil Arora, IAS, Election Commissioner of India
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