the Election Commission to conduct elections. The functions are classified as
1.Administrative functions 2. Advisory functions and
3.Quasi judicial functions.Under these functions, the Election Commission prepares electoral rolls, revises them in due time, demarcation of constituencies and their territorial limit as per the Delimitation Commission. It announces the schedule of elections, receives nominations, scrutinises, finalises the polling dates, gives recognition to the political parties and allots the symbols to them. It frames and implements the code of conduct to be followed by the parties during elections. It appoints the enquiry officers toobserve electoral mall practices.
It advises the President and the Governors of the states regarding the disqualification of the representatives to the parliament and the state legislatures. It solves the disputes between parties. At this time, it acts like a Quasi judicial authority.
As per the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India, all the people who attain the age of 18 years on or before the 1st January in the year of elections irrespective of caste, creed, religion, gender, language etc., shall be registered as the voters. The right to vote without any discrimination is called as "universal adult franchise". The body of voters is called as an 'Electorate".
Political parties in Elections A political party is formed when it has a written code of conduct and registers at the Election Commission. The party symbols can be alloted by the Elections Commission based on the mandet in the elections, parties are declared by Elections Commission regional or national parties. In a state, if a party wins 3% of valid votes regional party. A party can be recognized in more than one state. If a party is