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INDIA - NATIONAL
VOTERS DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
- January 25: Observed as the
National Voters Day. Celebrated to mark the foundation day
of the Election Commission of India
- January 25, 1950: On this
day, the ELECTION Commission of India was established.
- January 25, 2011:
Observance of this day started from this date to mark
Commission's foundation day.
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Description |
- In order to encourage more young voters to take part in
the political process, Government of India has decided to
celebrate January 25 every year as 'National Voters' Day'.
- New eligible voters would be enrolled on time and
handed over their Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) on
January 25 every year.
- This initiative is expected to give the youth a sense of
empowerment, pride and inspire them to exercise their
franchise.
- The new voters would be provided with a badge with its
logo "Proud to be a voter - Ready to vote".
- On this day, the ELECTION Commission of India was
established. There is an Election Commission of India at
National level and State Election Commissions at State level
to administer the electoral process in India. It
constitutionally established federal authority responsible
for administering all the electoral processes in the
Republic of India. Under the supervision of the commission,
free and fair elections have been held in India at regular
intervals as per the principles enshrined in the
Constitution.
- The Election Commission has the power of
superintendence, direction and control of all elections to
the Parliament of India and the state legislatures and of
elections to the office of the President of India and the
Vice-President of India.
- Elections are conducted according to the constitutional
provisions, supplemented by laws made by Parliament.
- The major laws are Representation of the People Act,
1950, which mainly deals with the preparation and revision
of electoral rolls, the Representation of the People Act,
1951 which deals, in detail, with all aspects of conduct of
elections and post election disputes.
- The Supreme Court of India has held that where the
enacted laws are silent or make insufficient provision to
deal with a given situation in the conduct of elections, the
Election Commission has the residuary powers under the
Constitution to act in an appropriate manner.
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