Under which Article the State Election Commission Operates the election of urban bodies ?

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Correct — A, 243 K. Article 243K is the provision that creates the State Election Commission and vests in it the superintendence, direction and control of local-body elections. It is the only option that names an election-commission article. (Strictly, elections to municipalities/urban bodies are dealt with under Article 243ZA of Part IX-A, which simply applies the same commission of 243K to urban bodies; since 243ZA was not offered, the commission's key accepts 243K.)

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Article 243L extends the panchayat provisions of Part IX to the Union Territories — it has nothing to do with the election commission.  (c) Article 243M exempts certain areas (Scheduled Areas, tribal areas, and states like Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram) from Part IX — not an elections article.  (d) Article 243N is a transitional provision continuing existing panchayat laws until amended — unrelated to conducting elections.

Concept: Article 243K sets up a single-member State Election Commission (State Election Commissioner appointed by the Governor) to run panchayat elections; Article 243ZA (added by the 74th Amendment) applies that same commission to municipal (urban local body) elections. So one State Election Commission handles both rural and urban local-body polls, but the two enabling articles are different.

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