A. 5 days
B. 4 days
C. 3 days
D. 10 days
Related Mcqs:
- Which section of the Elections Act, 2017, provides that a contesting candidate, other than the returned candidate, shall submit the return of his election expenses within 30 days of the publication of the name of the returned candidate?
A. None of these
B. Section 136(1)
C. Section 135(1)
D. Section 134(1) - On the application of a candidate or his election agent, the District Election Commissioner or any officer authorized in this behalf by the ECP shall provide to a candidate or an election agent a hard and searchable soft copy on a universal serial bus (USB) in portable document format (PDF) or any other tamper-proof format of the final electoral roll with photographs of the voters and shall ensure that the copy is the same as provided to the Returning Officer and Presiding Officers.
A. Section 87
B. Section 134
C. Section 37
D. Section 79 - If the turnout of women voters is less than 10% of the total votes polled in the constituency, ECP may presume that women have been restrained through an agreement from casting their votes and may declare polling at one or more polling stations, or election in the whole constituency void.
A. Section 19
B. Section 11
C. Section 56
D. Section 9 - If the victory margin between the returned candidate and runner-up candidate is less than 5% of the total votes polled or 10,000 votes, whichever is less, the Returning Officer shall recount all the votes on the request of a contesting candidate before commencement of the consolidation of the results.
A. Section 78
B. Section 95
C. Section 45
D. Section 89 - The ECP may, in consultation with political parties, frame a Code of Conduct for political parties , contesting candidates, election agents and polling agents. The Commission may also frame a Code of Conduct for security personnel, media and election observers.
A. Section 233
B. Section 235
C. Section 243
D. Section 238 - A candidate may file an election petition directly with the Election Tribunal.
A. Section 92
B. Section 192
C. Section 242
D. Section 142 - Under Section 177, a person is guilty of canvassing in or near a polling station if he is within a radius of how many meters of a polling station?
A. Six hundred
B. Five hundred
C. Eight hundred
D. Four hundred - According to section 53 of election commission the RO and ARO should be appointed________ days before the election programe.
A. 30 days
B. 60 days
C. 90 days
D. 120 days - A challenged ballot paper is issued to a voter who has been objected by the polling agent or contesting candidate that:___________?
A. he has already cast his vote.
B. he is criminal
C. he does not belong to this constituency
D. All of the above - An election official shall, before the commencement of his election duty, make an oath, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, that he shall act strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Act, 2017, Rules and directions of the ECP.
A. Section 56
B. Section 35
C. Section 98
D. Section 67
