Representation of the People Act, 1951

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The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a key Indian law that governs the conduct of elections, qualifications and disqualifications of legislators, and the overall electoral process for Parliament and state legislatures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India ⓘ
Indian statute ⓘ
administeredBy Election Commission of India ⓘ
containsPart Part II – Qualifications and disqualifications for membership ⓘ
Part III – Notification of general elections ⓘ
Part IV – Administrative machinery for the conduct of elections ⓘ
Part V – Conduct of elections ⓘ
Part VI – Disputes regarding elections ⓘ
Part VII – Corrupt practices and electoral offences ⓘ
Part VIII – Miscellaneous ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateOfCommencement 1951-07-17 ⓘ
defines corrupt practices in elections ⓘ
electoral offences ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
extendsTo Whole of India ⓘ
governs elections to Lok Sabha ⓘ
elections to Rajya Sabha ⓘ
elections to State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
elections to State Legislative Councils ⓘ
hasBeenAmended multiple times ⓘ
hasSection Section 123 – Corrupt practices ⓘ
Section 29A – Registration with the Election Commission of associations and bodies as political parties ⓘ
Section 33 – Presentation of nomination paper and requirements for a valid nomination ⓘ
Section 77 – Account of election expenses and maximum thereof ⓘ
Section 8 – Disqualification on conviction for certain offences ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis Article 327 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections ⓘ
providesFor appeals to the Supreme Court of India in election matters ⓘ
disqualification on conviction for certain offences ⓘ
disqualification on grounds of corrupt practices ⓘ
disqualification on grounds of electoral offences ⓘ
disqualification on grounds of failure to lodge election expenses ⓘ
presentation of election petitions ⓘ
trial of election petitions by High Courts ⓘ
regulates allocation of election symbols ⓘ
recognition of political parties ⓘ
registration of political parties ⓘ
relatedTo Representation of the People Act, 1950 ⓘ
shortTitle Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
subjectMatter conduct of elections ⓘ
corrupt practices in elections ⓘ
disqualifications for membership of Parliament ⓘ
disqualifications for membership of state legislatures ⓘ
election disputes ⓘ
electoral offences ⓘ
qualifications for membership of Parliament ⓘ
qualifications for membership of state legislatures ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1951 ⓘ

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Election Commission of India → parentLegalFramework → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Article 80 of the Constitution of India → referencedBy → Representation of the People Act ⓘ
linked to: Representation of the People Act, 1951
Article 84 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Electoral Photo Identity Card → legalFramework → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1950 → relatedLegislation → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1950 → isComplementedBy → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1951 → shortTitle → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1951 → longTitle → An Act to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections ⓘ
linked to: Representation of the People Act, 1951
Mathura Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Car Nicobar (ST) Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Ambala City Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Ambala Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Vijayawada West → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Nashik district administration → legalFramework → Representation of the People Act (for election duties) ⓘ
linked to: Representation of the People Act, 1951
Silchar Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Hailakandi Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Nanded Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Kakinada City Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act ⓘ
linked to: Representation of the People Act, 1951
Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency) → formedUnder → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
subject linked to: Phulpur
Sahibabad Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Erode (Lok Sabha constituency) → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu → governedBy → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Territorial constituencies in Karnataka → legalFramework → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Barrackpore Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Indian general elections → governedBy → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Kalanaur Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Karnal Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Yamunanagar Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Radaur Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Arrah Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Guna Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Bhind Assembly constituency → isSubjectTo → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Chhindwara Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Gandhinagar South → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Cuddalore Assembly constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner → relatedStatute → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
A. C. Jose v. Sivan Pillai → statuteInterpreted → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
EPIC → governedBy → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Act No. 43 of 1950 → relatedTo → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Karaikal (Puducherry Legislative Assembly) → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Article 327 of the Constitution of India → basisFor → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Betul Lok Sabha constituency → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
Mant → governingLaw → Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ