Free And Fair Elections

Contents
 What is an “Election” ?
 Overview of the Parliament and Election commission Of India
 Case Study of General Election
 Elector Candidates
 Nomination Filling
 Election campaign
 Vote casting
 On polling day
 Vote counting process
 Result Announced
 Major political parties and their symbols
 Lok sabha results
 Formation of the government in 2019
What is a Election ?
 An election is a formal group decision-making process by
which a population chooses an individual or multiple
individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual
mechanism by which modern representative democracy has
operated since the 17th century.
Overview of the Parliament And election
commission of India
 The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional
authority responsible for administering Union and State election
processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices
of the President and Vice President in the country. 
Case study of General
Election On Kolkata
Dakshin ( West Bengal)
held in 2019
 On10th of March 2019 the election
dates were announced by the election
Commission of India voting were held
across India in seven different phases
between 11th April to 19th may the
results were declared on 23rd may the
election in Kolkata was held on 18th
April 2019 (second phase)
Election Candidates
Vote casting
On counting Day
Vote counting process
Result Announcement
Major political parties and their symbols
Lok sabha results
Formation of the government in 2019