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1. There is a separate state election commission to deal with elections to the panchayats and municipalities in the state.
2. For complete details regarding Election Commission, see Chapter 42.
3. The 61st Amendment Act of 1988 has reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years. This came into force on March 28, 1989.
4. For more details in this regard, see 'universal adult franchise’ in Chapter 3.
5. L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997). Clause 3(d) of Article 323 B was declared as unconstitutional.
6. Handbook for Media - General Elections to the 16th Lok Sabha (2014), Election Commission of India, pp. 111- 113.
7. This information is downloaded from the website of the Election Commission of India.
8. General Elections 2009: Reference Handbook, Press Information Bureau, Government of India, p. 189.
9. The Model Code of Conduct was agreed to by all the political parties in 1968. The Election Commission first effectively put to use the Model Code of Conduct in the year 1991 to ensure fair elections and a level playing field.
10. The electoral roll is a list of all people in the constituency who are registered to vote in Indian elections. Only those people with their names on the electoral roll are allowed to vote. The electoral roll is normally revised every year to add the names of those who are to turn 18 on the 1st January of that year or have moved into a constituency and to remove the names of those who have died or moved out of a constituency.
11. General Elections 2009: Reference Handbook, Press Information Bureau, Government of India, p. 181.