1. What was the purpose of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Amendments to Election Laws (1971–72)?
2. When was the Tarkunde Committee appointed, and by whom?
3. When did the Tarkunde Committee submit its report?
4. When was the Dinesh Goswami Committee on Electoral Reforms established?
5. When was the Vohra Committee on the Nexus between Crime and Politics appointed?
6. When did the Election Commission of India issue its recommendations on Electoral Reforms?
7. When was the Indrajit Gupta Committee on State Funding of Elections appointed?
8. When did the Law Commission of India submit its 170th Report on Reform of the Electoral Laws?
9. When was the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution established, and who headed it?
10. When did the Election Commission of India submit its report on Proposed Electoral Reforms?
11. When was the Second Administrative Reforms Commission of India Report on Ethics in Governance submitted, and who headed it?
12. When was the Tankha Committee (Core Committee) appointed, and what was its purpose?
13. When was the J.S. Verma Committee Report on Amendments to Criminal Law submitted?
14. When did the Law Commission of India submit its 244th Report on Electoral Disqualifications?
15. When did the Law Commission of India submit its 255th Report on Electoral Reforms?
16. Into what four heads can the electoral reforms introduced based on committee recommendations be studied?
17. What change did the 61st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988 make regarding voting age?
18. What provision was made in 1989 regarding officers and staff engaged in election work?
19. What change was made in 1989 regarding the number of proposers for nomination papers in Rajya Sabha and state legislative council elections?
20. When was a provision made to facilitate the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections?
21. When were EVMs first used experimentally in selected constituencies, and when were they first used in general elections for an entire state?
22. What provision was made in 1989 regarding booth capturing?
23. What does “booth capturing” include?
24. When did the Election Commission decide to issue Electors’ Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)?
25. What is the purpose of issuing EPICs?
26. When was the Dinesh Goswami Committee on electoral reforms appointed, and what was its purpose?
27. When were some of the Dinesh Goswami Committee’s recommendations implemented?
28. How are the names of contesting candidates classified and arranged for listing?
29. What is the disqualification period for a person convicted of certain offences under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act of 1971?
30. What is the prohibition on the sale of liquor during elections?
31. What is the requirement for the number of proposers for a candidate’s nomination in Parliamentary or assembly constituencies?
32. What was the purpose of increasing the number of proposers?
33. What is the current rule regarding the countermanding of an election in case of death of a contesting candidate?
34. What option is given to a recognised political party if its deceased candidate belonged to it?
35. What is the time limit for holding by-elections for a vacancy in Parliament or a state legislature?
36. In which two cases is the six-month time limit for by-elections not applicable?
37. What is the provision for employees on polling day?
38. Does the paid holiday rule apply to daily wagers?
39. What is the exception to the paid holiday rule for employees on polling day?
40. What is the restriction on candidates contesting from multiple constituencies?
41. What changes were introduced in 1997 regarding the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections?
42. What was the purpose of increasing the number of proposers and security deposit for Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections?
43. What provision was made in 1998 regarding the requisitioning of staff for election duty?
44. What provision was made in 1999 for voting through postal ballot?
45. What facility was provided in 2003 for service voters?
46. What is required of service voters who opt to vote through proxy?
47. What information were candidates seeking election to Parliament or State Legislature directed to furnish on their nomination papers in 2003?
48. What is the consequence of furnishing false information in the affidavit by a candidate?
49. What two changes were introduced in 2003 regarding Rajya Sabha elections?
50. What was the purpose of introducing the open ballot system for Rajya Sabha elections?
51. What is required of an elector belonging to a political party under the new open ballot system for Rajya Sabha elections?
52. What provision was made in 2003 regarding the exemption of travelling expenditure for campaigning leaders?
53. What provision was made in 2003 regarding the free supply of electoral rolls and other material to candidates?
54. What provision was made in 2003 regarding political parties accepting contributions?
55. What is the reporting requirement for political parties regarding contributions?
56. What provision was made in 2003 regarding the allocation of time on electronic media during elections?
57. When were Braille signage features first tried in EVMs during a bye-election?
58. When were similar Braille signage features introduced on EVMs during General Elections to the Fifteenth Lok Sabha and simultaneous Assembly elections?
59. What provision was made in 2009 regarding restrictions on exit polls?
60. What is an “Exit-poll”?
61. What provision was made in 2009 regarding the time-limit for submitting a case for disqualification due to corrupt practices?
62. What provision was made in 2009 for including all officials in corrupt practice?
63. What changes were made in 2009 regarding the security deposit for candidates contesting elections?
64. What was the purpose of increasing the security deposit?
65. What provision was made in 2009 for the Appellate Authority within the District against orders of Electoral Registration Officers?
66. To whom does an appeal against an order of the Electoral Registration Officer now lie?
67. What provision was made in 2010 to confer voting rights to citizens of India living abroad?
68. What provision was made in 2013 for online enrolment in the electoral roll?
EVMs based on Supreme Court directions?
70. When was the NOTA option first made available in General Elections to State Legislative Assemblies?
71. What is the rule if the number of electors opting for NOTA is more than the votes polled by any candidate?
72. What is VVPAT, and what is its purpose?
73. When was the law for using VVPATs amended?
74. What did the Supreme Court call VVPAT in 2013?
75. When were VVPATs first used in a bye-election?
76. What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2013 regarding persons in jail or police custody contesting elections?
77. What two new provisions were included in the Representation of the People Act, 1951, to negate the Supreme Court’s order regarding persons in jail or police custody?
78. What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2013 regarding the immediate disqualification of convicted MPs and MLAs?
79. What did the Supreme Court strike down as unconstitutional in this ruling?
80. Was the Representation of the People (Second Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013, enacted to nullify this ruling?
81. What change was introduced in 2015 regarding photos of candidates on EVMs and Ballot Papers?
82. What is the rule if a candidate fails to provide their photograph for the ballot?
83. What change was made in the 2017 budget regarding the ceiling on anonymous cash donations to political parties?
84. What is the reporting requirement for political parties regarding cash donations?
85. What change was made in the 2017 budget regarding the cap on corporate contributions to political parties?
86. What other obligation was lifted for companies regarding corporate contributions?
87. When did the central government notify the Electoral Bond Scheme?
88. What are the salient features of the Electoral Bond Scheme?
89. What change was made in the 2018 budget regarding foreign funding for political parties?
90. What electoral reform did the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, provide regarding Aadhaar linking?
91. What changes did the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, make to qualifying dates for electoral rolls?
92. What change did the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, make for spouses of service voters?
93. What changes did the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, make regarding the requisition of premises?
94. Who chaired the eight-member committee on state funding of elections appointed in 1998, and what was its conclusion?
95. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act of 1988 (footnote 2)?
96. What was the source of the information on the Annual Report 2013–14, Ministry of Law and Justice (footnote 6)?
97. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996 (footnote 7)?
98. What was the source of the information on the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 1997 (footnote 8)?
99. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1998 (footnote 9)?
100. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1999 (footnote 10)?
101. What was the source of the information on the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 and Conduct of Elections (Amendment) Rules, 2003 (footnote 11)?
102. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2003 (footnote 12)?
103. What was the source of the information on the Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 (footnote 13)?
104. What was the source of the information on the Election Commission of India circular dated 12th February, 2009 (footnote 17)?
105. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2009 (footnote 18)?
106. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2010 (footnote 23)?
107. What was the source of the information on Electoral Statistics: Pocket Book 2015, Election Commission of India (footnote 24)?
108. What was the source of the information on India Votes: The General Elections 2014, Election Commission of India (footnote 25)?
109. What was the source of the information on Chief Election Commissioner vs. Jan Chaukidar (2013) (footnote 26)?
110. What was the source of the information on the Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2013 (footnote 27)?
111. What was the source of the information on Lily Thomas vs. Union of India (2013) (footnote 28)?
112. What was the source of the information on The Hindu, “MPs, MLAs to be disqualified on date of criminal conviction”, July 10, 2013 (footnote 29)?
113. What was the source of the information on The Economic Times, “Electronic Voting Machines to carry photos of candidates : CEC”, September 9, 2015 (footnote 30)?
114. What do service voters include?