Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra

In Samserganj, it was 78.60% while in Jangipur it was seventy six.12%, according to data obtainable from the Election Commission of India. Preparations to conduct the Assam bypolls as smoothly as possible are underway. The election machinery has completed all preparations for conduct of the following by-election in a free, truthful and safe method.

Draft Electoral Rolls For Tamil Nadu Released; State Has More Ladies Voters Than Men

According to the schedule introduced by the Election Commission of India , the by-election in Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency in West Bengal will be held on September 30. The Election Commission of India got here under extreme criticism when an RTI utility filed by activist Dr Satendra Singh revealed the commission's ill-preparedness to safeguard electors with disabilities in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. There had been many violations of the Supreme Court order from 2014 to enfranchise individuals with disabilities.

As per Article 324 of the Indian Constitution, ECI has the supervisory and directional control of the entire process election to Parliament and Legislature of every State and to the workplace of the President and the Vice-President of India. Polling is normally held on a quantity of different days in different constituencies, to allow the security forces and those monitoring the election to maintain law and order and make positive that voting in the course of the election is honest. 

India is a federal country, and the Constitution gives the states and union territories vital management over their own government. The Vidhan Sabhas are immediately elected our bodies set as much as finishing up the administration of the federal government within the 28 States of India. In some states there's a bicameral organisation of legislatures, with each an upper and Lower House. Two of the seven Union Territories viz., the National Capital Territory of Delhi and Pondicherry, have also legislative assemblies.