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Monday, December 1, 2003
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It’s poll time
Vinod Kumar

India is one of the world’s largest democracy and given its social and cultural diversity, election plays an important role in the democratic system. After Independence, free and fair elections have been held at regular intervals. Any citizen over the age of 18 can vote in an election irrespective of caste, creed, religion or gender. The Parliamentary and state elections are supervised by the Election Commission in India. Supervising elections in one of the world’s largest democracy is by no means a facile job. Elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, New Delhi and Chhattisgarh are round the corner and each and every political party is busy wooing voters. Here’s a list of Website, which will give you the latest news, views and analysis of elections.

www.eci.gov.in

This is an official Website of the Election Commission of India (EC). It is a comprehensive resource centre for Indian elections. This portal is divided into different sections from where desired information can be retrieved. One section of this site provides information about the electoral system of India, Election Commission, FAQs and key statistics. The other section contains a complete range of electoral laws, manuals, handbooks and much more. It also contains comprehensive data on current election event starting with the general election for 1998. These include electors’ data, polling stations, parties, schedules, candidates, and finally, counting trends and results. This site is user friendly.

http://parliamentofindia.nic.in

This is the official Web portal of the Indian Parliament. This site contains information regarding the working of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha like rules of procedure, Parliamentary procedure, decisions from the Chair and much more. A complete list of members and facts and debates of the constituent assembly is available on this site. This site also contains some important links of other government departments. Notice forms are available for free downloading. This site is also available in Hindi.