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Electoral roll, The electoral roll referred to in s. 62(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 must be understood to be the electoral roll that was in force on the last day for making the nominations for the election, Baidyanath Panjiar v. Sitaram Mahto, (1969) 2 SCC 447: AIR 1970 SC 314: (1970) 1 SCR 839.For being eligible to be included in electoral register, one has to be: (1) a resident in that Constituency, (2) should not be subject to any legal incapacity, (3) has to be either a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, (4) has to be of 18 years of age or above on the date of poll, Parliamentary Practice Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 26.In U.K., it is known as electoral Register. The Representation of People Act, 1983 provides for the presentation of Registers of Parliamentary electors once a year and all persons who claim to vote must be registered before election, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 28.Is known as 'voters' l...
electoral college
electoral college often cap E&C : a body of electors ;specif : the body of electors chosen from each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S. NOTE: Under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, each state chooses electors in the same number that the state has senators and representatives. The electors have the discretion to choose the candidate they vote for, but in practice the electors vote for the candidate that wins the most votes in their respective states. In all the states except Maine, the candidate that wins a plurality of the popular votes wins all of the state's electoral votes. ...
Parochial electors
Parochial electors, the persons entitled to vote at an election of parish councillors shall be the persons entitled to vote by the Representation of the People Acts: see Local Government Act, 1933, s. 53, i.e., the local government electors whose names are on the register of electors: see the R. P. Acts of 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 64), s. 4 (3), and 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 1....
elector
elector 1 : a person who is qualified to vote 2 : a member of the electoral college in the U.S. ...
Electorality
The territory or dignity of an elector electorate...
County Electors Act
County Electors Act, 1888 (English) (51 & 52 Vict. c.10), provided for the qualification and registration of the electors of the county authorities established by the (English) Local Government Act, 1888 by extending the qualification for burgesses. Repealed by the (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918....
Electoral franchise
Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows:(a) Originally the freeholders elected the members for the county: later, residence was made an additional qualification. In the fifteenth century the qualification was limited to resident freeholders of lands or tenements to the value of 40s. by the year (8 Hen. 6, c. 7). Towards the end of the eighteenth century the residence qualification was abolished. The (English) Reform Act, 1832, extended the franchise to 10l. copyholders and to leaseholders for terms of years, and tenants at will paying a minimum of 50l. yearly rent (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45, ss. 19 and 20). The (English) Representation of the People Act, 1867, extended the franchise to every duly registered man of full age who was-(i) the owner of lands or tenements, of whatever tenure, for his own life, for the life of another or for any lives wha...
Panchayat Electoral Registration offices
Panchayat Electoral Registration offices, means an officer appointed as such by the State Election Commissioner under sub-s. (1) of s. 6 of the West Bengal State Election Commission Act, 1994 (West Bengal Act 8 of 1994) and includes an Assistant Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(17)]...
electorate
electorate : a body of people entitled to vote ...
Electorate
The territory jurisdiction or dignity of an elector as in the old German empire...
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