Election Commission

The Election Commission at 60

After overseeing 15 general elections to the Lok Sabha.

One of the instruments of this success is surely the Model Code of Conduct. D esigned to offer a level playing field to all political parties, it has been used to neutralise many of the inherent advantages of a ruling party in an election.

the ECI to look at the challenges ahead, especially those relating to criminalisation of politics and use of money power in elections.

Instances of politicians paying for news coverage and bribing voters were widespread in the 2009-2010 elections. Another pressing issue relates to the powers of the Chief Election Commissioner vis-À-vis the two Election Commissioners.