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Hold elections

Hold elections, its wide connotation will include all steps such as the delimitation of constituencies, the compilation of electoral rolls etc. which are a necessary preliminary to the actual conduct of elections. In the restricted sense, this phrase would cover only the actual holding of elections, State of Gujarat v. Jamnadas G. Pabri, AIR 1974 SC 2233 (2238): (1975) 1 SCC 138. [Gujarat Panchyats Act (6 of 1962), s. 303A]...

Election Commissioners

Election Commissioners, are commissioners appointed by the Crown on the joint address of both Houses of Parliament to inquire into the report made by judges on the trial of an election petition (q.v.) that corrupt and illegal practices took place on an extensive scale at an election. The Commissioners report to Parliament, whereupon the constituency may be disfranchised by statute or by refusal of the House of Commons to issue a writ....

Election Commissioner

Election Commissioner, 'Election Commissioner' means any other Election Commissioner appointed under article 324 of the Constitution, s. 2(c)....

general election

general election : an election usually held at regular intervals in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies of a nation or state ...

Voter on election duty

Voter on election duty, means any Presiding Officer, polling officer, any other public servant or any polling agent who is a voter and is, by reason of his being on election duty, unable to vote at the polling station where he is entitled to vote. [West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003, s. 2(27)]...

Election judges

Election judges. See ELECTION PETITIONS....

Writs for the election of Members of Parliament

Writs for the election of Members of Parliament. The Speaker of the House of Commons is empowered to issue warrants, during any recess of the House, for making out new writs for the election of persons in the room of members accepting certain offices....

Result of the election

Result of the election, the expression 'the result of the election' in s. 100(1)(c), unless there is some-thing in the context compelling a different inter-pretation, be construed in the same sense as in s. 66, and there it clearly means the result on the basis of the valid votes, Hari Vishnu Kamath v. Ahmad Ishacaue, AIR 1955 SC 233 (248): (1955) 1 SCR 1104. [Representation of the People Act (43 of 1951), s. 100(1)(c)]...

By election

An election held by itself not at the time of a general election...

Election dispute

Election dispute, An election dispute is not a private feud between one individual and another. The whole constituency is intimately involved in such a dispute. Shaky and wavering oral testimony of a handful of witnesses cannot still the dominant voice of the majority of an electorate, Kanhaiyalal v. Mannalal, (1976) 3 SCC 646: AIR 1976 SC 1886: (1976) 3 SCR 808....

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