Part XV — Articles 324 to 329
9 sentencesFifteen candidates stood in the election.
Elections (Art 324–329A)=Part XV
The Commission keeps watch twenty-four hours
Election Commission=Art 324 — superintendence, direction and control of elections
One roll for twenty-five neighbours
One general electoral roll=Art 325 — nobody left out, or put on a special roll, only for religion, race, caste or sex
Twenty-six adults got voter cards.
Adult suffrage (age 18)=Art 326 — Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections
Parliament wrote twenty-seven election laws.
Parliament’s election law=Art 327 — rolls, delimitation and every other election matter
The rest is left to twenty-eight legislatures.
State Legislature (its own elections)=Art 328 — only where Parliament has not made a law
Twenty-nine locks on the court door
Courts barred from election matters=Art 329 — an election to Parliament or a Legislature can be challenged only by an election petition
Kites over the panchayat
Art 243K=State Election Commission — Panchayat polls
A zebra crossing in the city
Art 243ZA=State Election Commission — Municipal polls
The order tells a story: Commission (324) → roll (325) → who votes (326) → Parliament’s law (327) → State’s law (328) → no court in the middle (329). MPs, MLAs, MLCs, President and Vice-President → ECI; Panchayat and municipal polls → State Election Commission.