The Election Commission of India — variously called the Election Commission, the ECI or EC — was set up in 1950 as an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for carrying out election processes in India. It administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and the offices of the President and Vice President.
Headquartered in Delhi, the Election Commission consists of three members — a chief election commissioner and two other commissioners — who are appointed by the President. They have a tenure of six years or until they reach the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The Election Commission prepares, maintains, and updates the electoral roll; supervises the nomination of candidates; registers political parties and classifies them on national and state levels; and monitors election campaigns, including political fund-raising.
In the federal system, there shall be freedom for the states to hold separate election on the incumbency, misrules and also restraint on rigging. More so if hung assembly, government falls and reelection will take place. Some government may fall again in 4 years. Simultaneous election will be fools paradise. STOP PREACHING.
No Sir. Simultaneous elections is really a very bad idea. Centre in the present parliamentary system enjoys almost unlimited powers and the states are week and dependent on the centre. Simultaneous elections will further weaken the states and local leadership as the voters may be swayed by one wave ignoring their regional needs and issues. It is a ploy to usurp the little power that the states enjoy today. We should rather strengthen the states and the local body governments. Our democracy can only be strengthened in a truly federal India and not in the Union of India.