In 1996, the Election Commission conducted a review of intra-party elections among recognized parties and found many remiss on this score. The Commission sent notices to parties and directed them to complete their organizational elections within a timeline. From then on, the Commission has been monitoring the holding of internal elections in about fifty recognized national and state parties. In case a political party is not able to conduct its elections in time for any reasons, it approaches the Commission for an extension, explaining its reasons for the same. The Commission, while agreeing to
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