The State Election Commission (SEC) is an independent constitutional authority established under Articles 243K and 243ZA of the Constitution of India. It is responsible for supervising, directing, and controlling the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of elections to Panchayats and Municipalities. The SEC plays a vital role in strengthening grassroots democracy by ensuring free, fair, transparent, and regular local body elections. One of the primary functions of the State Election Commission is to conduct elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies. It prepares election schedules, issues notifications, supervises polling, and ensures the declaration of results in accordance with constitutional and statutory provisions. The SEC is responsible for preparing, revising, updating, and maintaining electoral rolls for local body elections. In many states, it adopts or coordinates with the electoral rolls prepared by the Election Commission of India for Assembly elections, ensuring accuracy, inclusiveness, and elimination of duplicate or ineligible entries. The Commission determines and announces the election programme, including dates for filing nominations, scrutiny, withdrawal of candidature, polling, counting of votes, and declaration of results. It ensures that elections are completed before the expiry of the tenure of local bodies or within the prescribed period after their dissolution. Another important function is the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct during local body elections. The SEC ensures that candidates, political parties, and government authorities adhere