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H.E. Sunil Arora,
Chief Election commissioner, ECI

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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
India
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Bicameral
Republic of India
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government Council of States (Rajya Sabha) House of People
Republic (Lok Sabha)

4. Head of State Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
President Ram Nath KOVIND
nominated
5. Head of government Designation 233 members of the Rajya Sabha (Council of
Prime Minister Narendra MODI States) are indirectly elected by the State Legisla-
tures while 12 members are appointed by the Pres-
6. Capital ident. 543 members of the Lok Sabha (House of
Delhi People) are elected by first-past-the-post system
while 2 members are nominated by the President
7. Currency
Indian Rupee (INR) 4. Popular House
Lok Sabha
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Indo-Aryan 72% 5. Type of Electoral System
First-past-the-post system
9. Date of Independence
15 August 1947
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10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution ELECtorAL sYstEM
26 January 1950

11. Language (s) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
Hindi, English
1. Name of the EMB(S)
12. Literacy Levels Election Commission of India (ECI)
Male: 82.14% Female: 65.46% Total: 74.04%

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