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ELECTION
2001 - RULES ISSUED BY ELECTION COMMISSION
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A Party and it's candidate should make sure that the workers of that Party
do not interfere or create any kind of disturbance in the meetings of
the other Party. *
After
the declaration of election the Party should stay away from the following:
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BLIND
AND OTHER HANDICAPS
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the voter is not able to identify the symbol or cast his vote due to blindness
or some other handicap, the voter can bring a person (above 18 yrs.) along
with him for assistance. |
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TO
CONTEST IN THE ELECTION - Features of candidates
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who possess the features given below can contest in the assembly elections: a)Indian nationality b)Above 25 years of age c)should be a voter in the constituency where the election is conducted d)only persons who belong to SC/ST can contest in SC/ST reservation |
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DEPOSIT
INFORMATION
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in the Lok Sabha elections the person must deposit Rs. 10,000/-. For persons
belonging to SC/ST the amount is Rs. 5,000/- To contest in the Assembly elections the person must deposit Rs. 5,000/- and SC/ST must deposit Rs. 2,500/-. The deposit is given back if the name of candidate does not appear in the list or the person expires before the election. If a person contests in more than one constituency, he will get back the deposit only from one constituency. But, a person who contest in both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will get back both the deposits. The following persons will get back the deposits: i) those who are elected ii) those who got more than 1/6th of the total valid votes. Those who got exactly 1/6 th of the total votes, will not get the deposit back, but, if the elected candidate gets less than 1/6 th of the total votes, the deposit is given back. |
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ELECTION
EXPENSES
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the candidature if officially accepted, the candidate must keep all expenses
related to election till the results are announced. These information should
be passed to the District Election Officer with 30 days of announcement
of the results. If there are no expenses it should be produced in statement. If this is not done , the candidate will be unable to stand for election for 3 years. A copy of the statement of election expenses can be obtained by paying Re. 1/- in the name of the District Election Officer. Candidates representing more than one constituency, should give separate statements to each constituency. |
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State
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Max.
amt. of expenditure
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Lok
Sabha
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Assembly
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Kerala
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Rs.
15,00,000/-
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Rs.
6,00,000/-
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ELECTION
AGENT
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Each candidate can appoint an election agent. For this, the candidate have to fill two forms of No. 8 and submit it to the Returning Officer. To cancel the appointment of the agent, the candidate must fill form No. 9 and submit to the RO. Anything that the election agent does concerning elections, is considered as the candidate's deeds. |
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ELECTION
OFFICERS
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Chief Election Officer is the controller of all works related to elections. Two more commissioners were appointed in 1995. Each State has a Chirf Electoral Officer and each district has a District Election Officer. Usually District Collector performs the duty of District Election Officer. Every constituency has a returning officer. If necessary, assistant returning officers are appointed. Each polling booth has a presiding officer and polling officers are appointed under him (if necessary). |