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Election Commission of India: Quick Facts

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Also Known As ECI
Date 1950 - present
Headquarters New Delhi
Areas Of Involvement election

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Election workers sit at tables, one holding an electronic voting machine, while others review documents and write, at a counting center in New Delhi during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Split image with the Indian flag on the left and people waiting at a polling station on the right, overlaid with large text reading "1 BILLION VOTERS?".
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