Q. The Election Commission of India which is assisted by several officials for the election work in India. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Election Machinery of India?
1. The supervision work of elections in Union Territories is undertaken by Chief Election Officer.
2. Every constituency in India has one Returning Officer for allocation of Election Symbols.
3. The supervision of polling process at the polling booths of every constituency is done by ‘Deputy Election Officers’.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
To ensure that elections are held in free and fair manner, the Election Commission of India appoints several officers & thousands of polling personnel to assist in the election work.
Statement 1 is correct. The Chief Electoral Officer of a state/ Union Territory is authorized to supervise the election work in the state/Union Territory subject to the overall superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission.
Statement 2 is correct. In every constituency, one Officer is designated as Returning Officer by the Commission in consultation with the concerned State government. An Officer can be nominated as Returning Officer for more than one constituency. All the nomination papers are collected & scrutinised by them. Election symbols are allotted by them in accordance with the directions issued by the Election Commission.
Statement 3 is incorrect. Every constituency has a large number of polling booths & every such booth is under the charge of an officer who is called the Presiding Officer, who supervises the entire process polling in the polling booth and ensures that every voter gets an opportunity to cast vote freely. Whereas, every Presiding Officer is assisted by three to four polling officers.
