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Returning Officer

to be discharged by the registration officer (see REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS). In parliamentary elections the returning officer, if registered, is to

Sect

also sub-division of that religious community or section of the electorate, Hari Ram Sri Harpesh v. Election Tribunal, Muzaffarnagar, AIR 1970

University

48, s. 37, are entitled to be registered as parliamentary electors for a University constituency, or if a woman, if she

Collective litigation

disputes are not strictly disputes between two parties. The whole electorate is vicariously before the court. [Mohinder Singh v. Election Commissioner,

Election dispute

cannot still the dominant voice of the majority of an electorate, Kanhaiyalal v. Mannalal, (1976) 3 SCC 646: AIR 1976 SC

direct

: effected by the action of the people or the electorate and not by representatives [ democracy] 4 : characterized by

Burgessess

municipal corporation is capable of acting. The term 'Local Government electors' was substituted for 'burgesses' by the (English) Representation of the

mayor

The post is usually elective its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city

Elisor

An elector or chooser one of two persons appointed by a court

Electress

The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire

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