Part IXA · CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS
Article 243ZA Elections to the Municipalities.
This article places Municipality elections with the State Election Commission. The conduct of Municipal elections vests in that Commission. It is the same body that runs Panchayat elections under article 243K. The Commissioner can be removed only as a High Court Judge is removed. The Governor provides staff when the Commission asks.
- (1) The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the Municipalities shall be vested in the State Election Commission referred to in article 243K.
- (2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, make provision with respect to all matters relating to, or in connection with, elections to the Municipalities.
What it means
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This article places Municipality elections with the State Election Commission. The conduct of Municipal elections vests in that Commission. It is the same body that runs Panchayat elections under article 243K. The Commissioner can be removed only as a High Court Judge is removed. The Governor provides staff when the Commission asks.