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1. INTRODCUTION
The founding fathers of India opted for a Parliamentary democracy as the appropriate model for a large
and diverse country like ours. Conducted once in a five year, general election of India is an attempt in the
direction.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951 is a model Act which provides the legislative
framework for:
• The conduct of elections to the Parliament and state assemblies.
• The qualifications and disqualifications for membership.
• The code of conduct against illegal practices
Election Commission (EC), a constitutional body, is assigned to take the mammoth exercise of conducting
general elections under the act. The code of conduct is developed by the commission for carrying the
elections in fair manner. However, the elections are marred with several issues, a few of which are as
identified:
• The Election Commission also recommends that the Secretariat of the Election Commission,
consisting of officers and staff at various levels is also insulated from the interference of the
Executive in the matter of their appointments, promotions, etc. All such functions are exclusively
vested in the Election Commission on the lines of the Secretariats of the Lok Sabha, and Rajya
Sabha, Registries of the Supreme Court and High Courts etc.
• The third recommendation of the Election Commission is that its budget be treated as “Charged” on
the Consolidated Fund of India.
3.5 Mizoram
Assembly constituencies were redrawn in 2008 based on the orders of the Delimitation Commission. The
Commission reduced the seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Mizoram from 39 to 38 out of a total
of 40 seats. This Bill reverses the number of reserved seats for STs back to 39.