The Returning Officer (R.O) of an Assembly or Parliamentary Constituency is responsible for conducting elections as per section 21 of the Representation of the People Act 1951.In the case of Rajasthan, the concerned Deputy Commissioner acts as R.O.
The work related to the Assembly and Parliament elections is supervised by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) creates the electoral rolls. In the case of Rajasthan, the area sub-divisional Magistrates or Additional District Magistrates perform the same task.
The Electoral Registration officer is responsible for the preparation of electoral rolls for a parliamentary / assembly constituency.
Rajasthan Parliamentary Constituencies- Rajasthan has 25 Parliamentary Constituencies that form a part of its thirty-two districts. The elected members from these constituencies become the members of Lok Sabha or the lower house of the Parliament. Rajasthan Parliamentary Constituencies comprise of eighteen General seats, four seats and three seats that are reserved for the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes respectively.
Rajasthan Assembly Constituency- Rajasthan has 200 Assembly Constituencies. Rajasthan Assembly Constituencies consist of one hundred and forty-three General seats, thirty- three and twenty-four seats are reserved for Schedule Castes seats and Schedule Tribes respectively. In fact the Chief Minister of Rajasthan – Smt Vasundhara Raje of Bharatiya Janata Party is from the Jhalrapatan Assembly Constituency.
