Name of the Organization : Election Commission of India (eci.nic.in)
Type of Facility : Loksabha Election Nomination Form 2014
Location : Delhi
Website : http://eci.nic.in/
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Forms and information related with Nomination :
Forms of Nomination Papers :
(a) Nomination Paper in Form 2A appended to Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 for contesting election to the Lok Sabha (House of the People).
(b) Nomination Paper in Form 2B appended to Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 for contesting election to the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly).
(c) Nomination Paper in Form 2C appended to Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 for contesting election to the Rajya Sabha (Council of States).
(d) Nomination Paper in Form 2D appended to Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 for contesting election to the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) by the Members of the Legislative Assembly.
(e) Nomination Paper in Form 2E appended to Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 for contesting election to the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) from a Council constituency.(Graduates’/Teachers’/Local Authorities’ constituency).
(f) Nomination Paper in Form 2F appended to Conduct of Assembly Elections (Sikkim) Rules, 1979 for contesting election to the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of Sikkim from a Constituency for Sikkimese of Bhutia-Lepcha origin.
(g) Nomination Paper in Form 2G appended to Conduct of Assembly Elections (Sikkim) Rules, 1979 for contesting election to the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of Sikkim from a general Constituency or a constituency Reserved for Scheduled Caste.
(h) Nomination Paper in Form 2H appended to Conduct of Assembly Elections (Sikkim) Rules, 1979 for contesting election to the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of Sikkim from Sangha Constituency.
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Qualifications & Disqualifications :
Qualifications & Disqualifications for contesting elections to Parliament and State Legislature (except J & K), and documents and other requirements at the time of filing of nomination papers
1) Minimum age for contesting election to :
Lok Sabha (House of the People) – 25 years
Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) – 25 years
Rajya Sabha (Council of States) – 30 years
Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council)- 30 years
2) Qualifications& disqualification for contesting aforesaid elections are given in Articles 84, 102, 173& 191 of the Constitution and Sections 3 to 10Aof the RP Act, 1951. Extract from relevant provisions
Article 84- Qualification for membership of Parliament :
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he-
(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorized in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule;
(b) is, in the case of a seat in the Council of States, not less than thirty years of age and, in the case of a seat in the House of the People, not less than twenty-five years of age; and
(c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.
Article 102- Disqualifications for membership :
(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament-
(a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder;
(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(c) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
(d) if he is not a citizen of India or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
(e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament.
Explanation :
For the purpose of this clause a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union or for such State.
(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule.
Article 173- Qualification for membership of the State Legislature :
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he-
(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule;
(b) is, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Council, not less than thirty years of age; and
(c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.
Article 191-Disqualification for membership :
(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State-
(a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State specified in the First Schedule, other than an office declared by the Legislature of the State by law not to disqualify its holder;
(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(c) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
(d) if he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
(e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament.
Explanation :
For the purpose of this clause a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under Government of Indian or the Government of any State specified in the first Schedule by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union of for such State.
(2)A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State is he is so disqualified under tenth Schedule.
Sections 3 to 10A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 :
3. Qualification for membership of the Council of States :
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a representative of any State or Union territory in the Council of States unless he is an elector for a Parliamentary constituency in India.
4. Qualifications for membership of the House of the People :
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the House of the People, unless—
(a) in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes in any State, he is a member of any of the Scheduled Castes, whether of that State or of any other State, and is an elector for any Parliamentary constituency;
(b) in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in any State (other than those in the autonomous districts of Assam), he is a member of any of the Scheduled Tribes, whether of that State or of any other State (excluding the tribal areas of Assam), and is an elector for any Parliamentary constituency;
(c) in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam, he is a member of any of those Scheduled Tribes and is an elector for the Parliamentary constituency in which such seat is reserved or for any other Parliamentary constituency comprising any such autonomous district;
(cc)in the case of the seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Union territory of Lakshadweep, he is a member of any of those Scheduled Tribes and is an elector for the Parliamentary constituency of that Union territory;
(ccc) in the case of the seat allotted to the State of Sikkim, he is an elector for the Parliamentary constituency for Sikkim;
(d) in the case of any other seat, he is an elector for any Parliamentary constituency.
5. Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Assembly.
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State unless—
(a) in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes or for the Scheduled Tribes of that State, he is a member of any of those castes or of those tribes, as the case may be, and is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State;
(b) in the case of a seat reserved for an autonomous district of Assam, he is a member of a Scheduled Tribe of any autonomous district and is an elector for the Assembly constituency in which such seat or any other seat is reserved for that district; and
(c) in the case of any other seat, he is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State- Provided that for the period referred to in clause (2) of article 371A, a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill any seat allocated to the Tuensang district in the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland unless he is a member of the regional council referred to in that article.
5A. Qualifications for membership of Legislative Assembly of Sikkim.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 5, a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim, to be constituted at any time after the commencement of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1980, unless—
(a) in the case of a seat reserved for Sikkimese of Bhutia-Lepcha origin, he is a person either of Bhutia or Lepcha origin and is an elector for any assembly constituency in the State other than the constituency reserved for the Sanghas;
(b) in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, he is a member of any of those castes in the State of Sikkim and is an elector for any assembly constituency in the State;
(c) in the case of a seat reserved for Sanghas, he is an elector of the Sangha constituency; and
(d) in the case of any other seat, he is an elector for any assembly constituency in the State.
Explanation :
In this section “Bhutia”includesChumbpia, Dopthapa, Dukpa, Kagatey, Sherpa, Tibetan, Tromopa and Yolmo.
6.Qualification for membership of a Legislative Council :
(1) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State to be filled by election unless he is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State.
(2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State to be filled by nomination by the Governor unless he is ordinarily resident in the State
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