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Download Solution PDFWho is Bihar State Election Commissioner?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is ML Majumdar.
Key Points
- ML Majumdar is the state Election Commissioner during 2000-03 in Bihar.
Additional InformationState Election Commission:
- Headed by State Election Commissioner who is appointed by the Governor.
- It is a single-member body consisting only of the State Election Commissioner.
- Article 243K (2): It states that the tenure and appointment will be directed as per the law made by the state legislature.
- The tenure of the State Election Commissioner has been prescribed as Five years from the date he assumes office or the age of Sixty Six years.
- Article 243K(1): The Constitution of India vests in the State Election Commission, consisting of a State Election Commissioner, the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)(243ZA).
- Similar provisions have been made in consonance with the provision of Article 243 K and 243 ZA under Section 123 of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 and 14A of the Bihar Municipal Corporation Act, 2007.
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