Article 327 of the Constitution of India

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Article 327 of the Constitution of India empowers Parliament to make laws regarding the conduct of elections to the country’s legislatures, including all necessary provisions for their regulation and administration.

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Article 327 of the Constitution of India canonical 5

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
aimsTo ensure orderly conduct of elections ⓘ
secure due constitution of representative bodies ⓘ
appliesTo elections to Parliament ⓘ
elections to State Legislatures ⓘ
basisFor Representation of the People Act, 1950 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
other parliamentary laws on conduct of elections ⓘ
bindingOn State Governments of India ⓘ
Union Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Union Government
category election-related constitutional article ⓘ
constitutionalHierarchy supersedes inconsistent ordinary election laws ⓘ
constitutionalPosition general power of Parliament regarding elections ⓘ
constrains State power to legislate on elections where Parliament has occupied the field ⓘ
containedInPart Part XV – Elections ⓘ
doesNotItselfProvide detailed election procedures ⓘ
effectiveFrom 26 January 1950 ⓘ
empowers Parliament of India ⓘ
governs legislative competence over electoral matters at the Union level ⓘ
grantsPowerTo regulate details of electoral process by statute ⓘ
grantsPowerToMakeLawsOn all matters relating to elections to Parliament ⓘ
all matters relating to elections to State Legislatures ⓘ
all other matters necessary for securing the due constitution of such legislatures ⓘ
delimitation of constituencies ⓘ
preparation of electoral rolls ⓘ
implementedThrough ordinary legislation enacted by Parliament ⓘ
language English (authoritative text) ⓘ
legalEffect enables Parliament to enact comprehensive election legislation ⓘ
limitsPowerOf State Legislatures in matters where Parliament has made election law ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
relatedTo Article 324 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 328 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Part XV of the Constitution of India ⓘ
scope prospective regulation of elections ⓘ
subjectMatter administration of elections ⓘ
conduct of elections ⓘ
election laws ⓘ
regulation of elections ⓘ
typeOfPower legislative power ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 324 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Article 327 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1951 → legalBasis → Article 327 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Act No. 43 of 1950 → basedOnConstitutionalProvision → Article 327 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Part XV of the Constitution of India → containsArticle → Article 327 of the Constitution of India ⓘ