Question

Every party in India has to register itself with _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A. President
B. The parliament
C. The election commission
D. The police

Answer 1

Hint:
- A political party is a group that organizes candidates to run for office in a given country's elections. A political party's members are likely to hold similar political views, and parties can pursue particular ideological or policy objectives.
- As modern party organizations evolved and expanded across the world over the last few decades, political parties have become a big part of almost every country's politics.

Complete answer:
- Parties are important in both autocratic and democratic politics, but democracies traditionally have more political parties than autocracies.
- The Election Commission of India (ECI) is an independent legislative body charged with overseeing national and state election processes in India. Elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, State Legislative Councils, and the President and Vice President of the country are conducted by this body.
- Under the Constitution, the commission has the right to act accordingly when enacted laws are inadequate to deal with a specific situation in the conduct of an election.
- Only an organization or group of Indian citizens claiming to be a political party and planning to use the provisions of Section IV-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (relating to the registration of political parties) must register with the Election Commission of India.
- The Representation of Peoples Act was amended to include Section 29A, which states that to profit from the Act, political parties must register with the Election Commission within the timeframe specified in the law. Many that are compelled to register must provide documentation as well as details about their policies and programs.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:
- The first Lok Sabha elections cost about Rs104.5 million in 1952, and the 2014 general elections cost nearly Rs38.7 billion (Rs3,870.3 crore).
- There were 489 seats up for grabs in the first Lok Sabha elections. In 1977, the number of constituencies was expanded to 543.
- In the 1952 elections, a total of 53 parties and 533 Independents fought for the 489 seats. The 543 seats were contested in 2014 by 464 political parties and 3,234 candidates.