Election Commission of India conducts the largest elections in the world. During the last seven decades of its journey, ECI has handled complex issues and challenges with high standards of performance in conduct of elections. However, COVID-19 and consequent containment measures presented a different kind of challenge in the Seventy first year of its journey. The Paper briefly looks at the global perspectives of COVID-19 challenge to the elections around the world. It further discusses approach taken by the ECI, the strategies, broad guidelines for conduct of elections during COVID-19 and the three tier planning from the state level to the polling station level and conduct of 'COVID-19 Safe' elections. The paper also discusses knowledge sharing on the subject 'Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19'.