Election Commission

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

• InstitutionOngoing

  Election Commission of India

  Constitutional body that runs Indian elections under Article 324: how its members are appointed and removed, how it enforces the Model Code of Conduct, and the court findings and party complaints on its decisions across eras.

  Facts as of 12 Oct 2026

Actions in time order, by government

1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 19 Mar 1998 to 22 May 2004

   BJP NDA government

   • Struck downBJP24 Aug 2002

     Candidate Disclosure Ordinance and RPA (Third Amendment) Act, 2002

     After the Supreme Court ordered candidate affidavits on cases, assets and education, an ordinance and Act narrowed disclosure to criminal cases; the Court struck down Section 33B in 2003.

     Evidence points −3.0 (range −5.0 to −1.0)

2. Narendra Modi, 30 May 2019 to 9 Jun 2024

   BJP NDA government

   • ImplementedBJP28 Dec 2023Unsettled

     Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023

     Parliament legislated appointments of election commissioners; the panel is the PM, the Leader of Opposition and a Union Cabinet Minister, replacing the Chief Justice named in the Court's 2023 interim panel.

     Evidence points +0.5 (range −1.0 to +2.0)