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Make an assessment of the role of the Election Commission of India in the conduct of free and fair elections.

  • UPSC 2011
  • 30 marks
  • Statutory Institutions and Commissions

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Free and fair elections are part of the basic structure (Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain, 1975), and Article 324 makes the Election Commission of India (ECI) their guarantor. Its role is best judged against Pippa Norris's idea of electoral integrity across the whole cycle: rolls, campaign, polling and count. On that test the ECI…

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  • The role across the electoral cycle
  • Assessment: where the role stops
  • Conclusion
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