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	\| name = State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh		\| name = State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh
	\| ~~native_name_r~~ = ~~{{IAST\|Rājya Nirvācana Āyoga Uttara Pradeśa}}~~		\| native_name = राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग उत्तर प्रदेश
	\| type = Commission		\| type = Commission
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	\| logo = Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission logo.png		\| logo = Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission logo.png
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	\| logo_caption = Logo of the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission		\| logo_caption = Logo of the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission
	\| formed = {{Start date and age\|1994\|04\|23\|df=yes}}		\| formed = {{Start date and age\|1994\|04\|23\|df=yes}}
	\| jurisdiction = Whole of [[Uttar Pradesh]]		\| jurisdiction = Whole of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
	\| headquarters = 32, Station Road, Udaiganj, Lalkuan [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], 226-001, India		\| headquarters = 32, Station Road, Udaiganj, Lalkuan [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], 226-001, India
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	\| chief1_name = Manoj Kumar, [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS]]
	\| chief1_position = Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner		\| chief1_position = Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner
	\| chief2_name = Ved Prakash Verma, [[Indian Telecom Service\|ITS]]		\| chief2_name = Ved Prakash Verma, [[Indian Telecom Service\|ITS]]
	\| chief2_position = Additional State Election Commissioner		\| chief2_position = Additional State Election Commissioner
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	The '''State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh''' ('''SEC UP'''; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\|IAST]]: {{IAST\|Rājya Nirvācana Āyoga Uttara Pradeśa}}), commonly known as the '''Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission''', is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for [[Municipal governance in India\|urban]] and [[Panchayati raj (India)\|rural]] local bodies—the constitutionally mandated [[Local self-government in India\|third-tier of government]] in India—in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (UP). The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, at present, Manoj Kumar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=~~http~~://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2018/jan/18/retd-ias-officer-manoj-kumar-takes-over-as-up-sec-1757721.html\|title=Retd IAS officer Manoj Kumar takes over as UP SEC\|date=18 January 2018\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=243883379}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/manoj-kumar-is-new-sec/articleshow/62564985.cms\|title=Manoj Kumar is new SEC\|date=19 January 2018\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref>		The '''State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh''' ('''SEC UP'''; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\|IAST]]: {{IAST\|Rājya Nirvācana Āyoga Uttara Pradeśa}}), commonly known as the '''Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission''', is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for [[Municipal governance in India\|urban]] and [[Panchayati raj (India)\|rural]] local bodies—the constitutionally mandated [[Local self-government in India\|third-tier of government]] in India—in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (UP). The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, at present, Manoj Kumar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2018/jan/18/retd-ias-officer-manoj-kumar-takes-over-as-up-sec-1757721.html\|title=Retd IAS officer Manoj Kumar takes over as UP SEC\|date=18 January 2018\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=243883379}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/manoj-kumar-is-new-sec/articleshow/62564985.cms\|title=Manoj Kumar is new SEC\|date=19 January 2018\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref>

	== Origins ==		== Origins ==
	The commission was constituted by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1994,<ref name=":0" /> after the passing of [[Panchayati raj in India\|73rd]] and [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India\|74th]] [[Amendment of the Constitution of India\|amendments of the Constitution of India]], which mandated for a permanent indissoluble local bodies in rural and urban areas with a maximum term of five years,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rajan\|first=Amitabh\|author-link=Amitabh Rajan\|date=March 2017\|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)\|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration\|volume=63\|issue=1\|pages=41–62\|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765\|issn=0019-5561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-constitution-of-india-9789387146556/\|title=The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis\|last=Thiruvengadamv\|first=Arun K.\|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]\|year=2018\|isbn=978-93-87146-55-6\|edition=1st\|location=[[New Delhi]]\|pages=96–97\|lccn=2017042042\|orig-year=2017}}</ref> and allowed for the creation of state election commissions in all states to conduct elections to local-self government bodies under the newly-inducted article 243K.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pbrdp.gov.in/documents/6205745/98348119/Panchayati%20Raj%20System%20in%20Independent%20India.pdf\|title=Panchayati Raj System in Independent India\|website=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]], [[Government of India]]\|page=6\|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>		The commission was constituted by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1994,<ref name=":0" /> after the passing of [[Panchayati raj in India\|73rd]] and [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India\|74th]] [[Amendment of the Constitution of India\|amendments of the Constitution of India]], which mandated for a permanent indissoluble local bodies in rural and urban areas with a maximum term of five years,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rajan\|first=Amitabh\|author-link=Amitabh Rajan\|date=March 2017\|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)\|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration\|volume=63\|issue=1\|pages=41–62\|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765\|issn=0019-5561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-constitution-of-india-9789387146556/\|title=The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis\|last=Thiruvengadamv\|first=Arun K.\|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]\|year=2018\|isbn=978-93-87146-55-6\|edition=1st\|location=[[New Delhi]]\|pages=96–97\|lccn=2017042042\|orig-year=2017}}</ref> and allowed for the creation of state election commissions in all states to conduct elections to local-self government bodies under the newly-inducted article 243K.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pbrdp.gov.in/documents/6205745/98348119/Panchayati%20Raj%20System%20in%20Independent%20India.pdf\|title=Panchayati Raj System in Independent India\|website=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]], [[Government of India]]\|page=6\|access-date=2 September 2018\|archive-date=1 February 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201062705/http://www.pbrdp.gov.in/documents/6205745/98348119/Panchayati%20Raj%20System%20in%20Independent%20India.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	== Functions ==		== Functions ==
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	=== Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner ===		=== Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner ===

	The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner acts as the head of the state election commission. Usually a retired officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), the commissioner is appointed by the [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh\|governor of Uttar Pradesh]] on the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh\|chief minister]]'s aid and advise and has the same immunity as a [[List of high courts in India\|high court]] judge and therefore, can only be removed from office via [[impeachment]] by both houses of the [[Parliament of India\|Indian parliament]].<ref name=":0" /> The commissioner has a tenure of six years or till she/he attains the age of 68, whichever is earlier.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-election-commissioners-retirement-age-extended-to-68-years/articleshow/37151127.cms\|title=UP election commissioner's retirement age extended to 68 years\|date=25 June 2014\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref> The current{{when\|date=March 2019}} state election commissioner is ~~Manoj Kumar~~, a retired UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />		The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner acts as the head of the state election commission. Usually a retired officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), the commissioner is appointed by the [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh\|governor of Uttar Pradesh]] on the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh\|chief minister]]'s aid and advise and has the same immunity as a [[List of high courts in India\|high court]] judge and therefore, can only be removed from office via [[impeachment]] by both houses of the [[Parliament of India\|Indian parliament]].<ref name=":0" /> The commissioner has a tenure of six years or till she/he attains the age of 68, whichever is earlier.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-election-commissioners-retirement-age-extended-to-68-years/articleshow/37151127.cms\|title=UP election commissioner's retirement age extended to 68 years\|date=25 June 2014\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref> The current{{when\|date=March 2019}} state election commissioner is Mr Raj Pratap Singh, a retired UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

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	* {{Cite journal\|last=Rajan\|first=Amitabh\|author-link=Amitabh Rajan\|date=March 2017\|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)\|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration\|volume=63\|issue=1\|pages=41–62\|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765\|issn=0019-5561}}		* {{Cite journal \|last=Rajan \|first=Amitabh \|author-link=Amitabh Rajan \|date=March 2017 \|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016) \|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration \|volume=63 \|issue=1 \|pages=41–62 \|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765 \|issn=0019-5561}}
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	The '''State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh''' ('''SEC UP'''; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\|IAST]]: {{IAST\|Rājya Nirvācana Āyoga Uttara Pradeśa}}), commonly known as the '''Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission''', is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for [[Municipal governance in India\|urban]] and [[Panchayati raj (India)\|rural]] local bodies—the constitutionally mandated [[Local self-government in India\|third-tier of government]] in India—in the [[India~~\|Indian~~]] state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (UP). The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, at present, Manoj Kumar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2018/jan/18/retd-ias-officer-manoj-kumar-takes-over-as-up-sec-1757721.html\|title=Retd IAS officer Manoj Kumar takes over as UP SEC\|date=18 January 2018\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=243883379}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/manoj-kumar-is-new-sec/articleshow/62564985.cms\|title=Manoj Kumar is new SEC\|date=19 January 2018\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref>		The '''State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh''' ('''SEC UP'''; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\|IAST]]: {{IAST\|Rājya Nirvācana Āyoga Uttara Pradeśa}}), commonly known as the '''Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission''', is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for [[Municipal governance in India\|urban]] and [[Panchayati raj (India)\|rural]] local bodies—the constitutionally mandated [[Local self-government in India\|third-tier of government]] in India—in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (UP). The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, at present, Manoj Kumar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2018/jan/18/retd-ias-officer-manoj-kumar-takes-over-as-up-sec-1757721.html\|title=Retd IAS officer Manoj Kumar takes over as UP SEC\|date=18 January 2018\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=243883379}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/manoj-kumar-is-new-sec/articleshow/62564985.cms\|title=Manoj Kumar is new SEC\|date=19 January 2018\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref>

	== Origins ==		== Origins ==
	The commission was constituted by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1994,<ref name=":0" /> after the passing of [[Panchayati raj in India\|~~73<sup>rd</sup>~~]] and [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India\|74th]] [[Amendment of the Constitution of India\|amendments of the Constitution of India]], which mandated for a permanent indissoluble local bodies in rural and urban areas with a maximum term of five years,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rajan\|first=Amitabh\|author-link=Amitabh Rajan\|date=March 2017\|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)\|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration\|volume=63\|issue=1\|pages=41–62\|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765\|issn=0019-5561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-constitution-of-india-9789387146556/\|title=The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis\|last=Thiruvengadamv\|first=Arun K.\|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]\|year=2018\|isbn=978-93-87146-55-6\|edition=1st\|location=[[New Delhi]]\|pages=96–97\|lccn=2017042042\|orig-year=2017}}</ref> and allowed for the creation of state election commissions in all states to conduct elections to local-self government bodies under the newly-inducted article 243K.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pbrdp.gov.in/documents/6205745/98348119/Panchayati%20Raj%20System%20in%20Independent%20India.pdf\|title=Panchayati Raj System in Independent India\|website=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]], [[Government of India]]\|page=6\|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>		The commission was constituted by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1994,<ref name=":0" /> after the passing of [[Panchayati raj in India\|73rd]] and [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India\|74th]] [[Amendment of the Constitution of India\|amendments of the Constitution of India]], which mandated for a permanent indissoluble local bodies in rural and urban areas with a maximum term of five years,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rajan\|first=Amitabh\|author-link=Amitabh Rajan\|date=March 2017\|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)\|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration\|volume=63\|issue=1\|pages=41–62\|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765\|issn=0019-5561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-constitution-of-india-9789387146556/\|title=The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis\|last=Thiruvengadamv\|first=Arun K.\|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]\|year=2018\|isbn=978-93-87146-55-6\|edition=1st\|location=[[New Delhi]]\|pages=96–97\|lccn=2017042042\|orig-year=2017}}</ref> and allowed for the creation of state election commissions in all states to conduct elections to local-self government bodies under the newly-inducted article 243K.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pbrdp.gov.in/documents/6205745/98348119/Panchayati%20Raj%20System%20in%20Independent%20India.pdf\|title=Panchayati Raj System in Independent India\|website=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]], [[Government of India]]\|page=6\|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

	== Functions ==		== Functions ==
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	=== Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner ===		=== Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner ===

	The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner acts as the head of the state election commission. Usually a retired officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), the commissioner is appointed by the [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh\|governor of Uttar Pradesh]] on the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh\|chief minister]]'s aid and advise and has the same immunity as a [[List of high courts in India\|high court]] judge and therefore, can only be removed from office via [[impeachment]] by both houses of the [[Parliament of India\|Indian parliament]].<ref name=":0" /> The commissioner has a tenure of six years or till she/he attains the age of 68, whichever is earlier.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-election-commissioners-retirement-age-extended-to-68-years/articleshow/37151127.cms\|title=UP election commissioner's retirement age extended to 68 years\|date=25 June 2014\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref> The current{{when?\|date=March 2019}} state election commissioner is Manoj Kumar, a retired UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />		The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner acts as the head of the state election commission. Usually a retired officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), the commissioner is appointed by the [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh\|governor of Uttar Pradesh]] on the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh\|chief minister]]'s aid and advise and has the same immunity as a [[List of high courts in India\|high court]] judge and therefore, can only be removed from office via [[impeachment]] by both houses of the [[Parliament of India\|Indian parliament]].<ref name=":0" /> The commissioner has a tenure of six years or till she/he attains the age of 68, whichever is earlier.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-election-commissioners-retirement-age-extended-to-68-years/articleshow/37151127.cms\|title=UP election commissioner's retirement age extended to 68 years\|date=25 June 2014\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2 September 2018\|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]\|agency=Times News Network\|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]\|oclc=23379369}}</ref> The current{{when\|date=March 2019}} state election commissioner is Manoj Kumar, a retired UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

	== References ==		== References ==

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The '''State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh''' ('''SEC UP'''; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Rājya Nirvācana Āyoga Uttara Pradeśa}}), commonly known as the '''Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission''', is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for [[Municipal governance in India|urban]] and [[Panchayati raj (India)|rural]] local bodies—the constitutionally mandated [[Local self-government in India|third-tier of government]] in India—in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (UP). The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, at present, Manoj Kumar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2018/jan/18/retd-ias-officer-manoj-kumar-takes-over-as-up-sec-1757721.html|title=Retd IAS officer Manoj Kumar takes over as UP SEC|date=18 January 2018|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=2 September 2018|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]|oclc=243883379}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/manoj-kumar-is-new-sec/articleshow/62564985.cms|title=Manoj Kumar is new SEC|date=19 January 2018|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 September 2018|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]|agency=Times News Network|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]|oclc=23379369}}</ref>

== Origins ==
The commission was constituted by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1994,<ref name=":0" /> after the passing of [[Panchayati raj in India|73<sup>rd</sup>]] and [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India|74th]] [[Amendment of the Constitution of India|amendments of the Constitution of India]], which mandated for a permanent indissoluble local bodies in rural and urban areas with a maximum term of five years,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rajan|first=Amitabh|author-link=Amitabh Rajan|date=March 2017|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration|volume=63|issue=1|pages=41–62|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765|issn=0019-5561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-constitution-of-india-9789387146556/|title=The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis|last=Thiruvengadamv|first=Arun K.|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year=2018|isbn=978-93-87146-55-6|edition=1st|location=[[New Delhi]]|pages=96–97|lccn=2017042042|orig-year=2017}}</ref> and allowed for the creation of state election commissions in all states to conduct elections to local-self government bodies under the newly-inducted article 243K.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbrdp.gov.in/documents/6205745/98348119/Panchayati%20Raj%20System%20in%20Independent%20India.pdf|title=Panchayati Raj System in Independent India|website=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]], [[Government of India]]|page=6|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

== Functions ==
The commission is responsible for conducting elections to ''[[gram panchayat]]s'' (village councils), ''kshetra panchayats'' (regional councils), and ''[[District Councils of India|zila panchayat]]s'' (district councils) under the ''U. P. Panchayati Raj Act, 1947'' and ''U. P. (Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats) Adhiniyam, 1961'' and ''[[Nagar Palika Parishad|nagar palika parishad]]s'' (municipal councils), ''[[nagar panchayat]]s'' (city councils), and [[Municipal corporations in India|municipal corporation]]s under the ''U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916'' in the state of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://sec.up.nic.in/site/introduction.aspx|title=State Election Commission::UP — Introduction|website=State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

[[District collector (India)|District magistrates]]—under the general superintendence of the state election commission—are responsible for the conduct of local body elections in their respective [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]].<ref name=":3" />

The commission is also vested with the power of general supervision of preparation of [[electoral roll]]s for local body election in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":3" /> The [[Election Commission of India]]—the constitutional body responsible for conducting [[Presidential election in india|presidential]], vice-presidential, [[General elections in india|parliamentary]] and [[Elections in India|state legislative elections]] in India—can share its electoral rolls with the state election commission, but the latter is otherwise independent from it, whilst being vested with the same powers as the former for local body elections.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/state-election-panels-independent-of-central-ec-with-similar-powers-5132220/|title=State election panels: Independent of central EC, with similar powers|last=Chopra|first=Ritika|date=11 April 2018|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=2 September 2018|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]]|oclc=70274541}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner, who is in turn assisted by an additional commissioner; three joint commissioners; two officers on special duty, one of whom also acts the head of department (HoD); a secretary; and two deputy election commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sec.up.nic.in/site/organizationchart.aspx|title=State Election Commission::UP — Organisation Chart|website=State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

=== Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner ===

The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner acts as the head of the state election commission. Usually a retired officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), the commissioner is appointed by the [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|governor of Uttar Pradesh]] on the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|chief minister]]'s aid and advise and has the same immunity as a [[List of high courts in India|high court]] judge and therefore, can only be removed from office via [[impeachment]] by both houses of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]].<ref name=":0" /> The commissioner has a tenure of six years or till she/he attains the age of 68, whichever is earlier.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-election-commissioners-retirement-age-extended-to-68-years/articleshow/37151127.cms|title=UP election commissioner's retirement age extended to 68 years|date=25 June 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 September 2018|publisher=[[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]|agency=Times News Network|publication-place=[[Lucknow]]|oclc=23379369}}</ref> The current{{when?|date=March 2019}} state election commissioner is Manoj Kumar, a retired UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
=== Book ===
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* {{Cite book|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-constitution-of-india-9789387146556/|title=The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis|last=Thiruvengadamv|first=Arun K.|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year=2018|isbn=978-93-87146-55-6|edition=1st|location=[[New Delhi]]|lccn=2017042042|orig-year=2017}}
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=== Paper ===
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* {{Cite journal|last=Rajan|first=Amitabh|author-link=Amitabh Rajan|date=March 2017|title=Institutional Dynamics of Governance Reform in India (1991–2016)|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration|volume=63|issue=1|pages=41–62|doi=10.1177/0019556116689765|issn=0019-5561}}
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|sec.up.nic.in}}

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