ECI to host National Conference of State Election Commissioners

• Election Commission of India (ECI) is convening a National Conference of State Election Commissioners (SECs) on 24 February 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
• Significance: first such conference in over 25 years (last held 1999), signalling renewed ECI–SEC institutional engagement on local-body elections.
• UPSC relevance: tests the constitutional distinction between ECI (Art. 324) and SECs (Art. 243K / 243ZA), a perennial Prelims trap.