Indian Penal Code, 1860

Chapter -9A

OF OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO ELECTIONS

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§171A

"Candidate", "Electoral right" defined

1CHAPTER- 9A

For the purposes of this Chapter—

2[(a) "candidate" means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election;]

(b) "electoral right" means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate or to vote or refrain from voting at an election.