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Andhra Pradesh Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats (Direct Election of Chairperson) Rules, 1986
Andhra Pradesh Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats (Direct Election of Chairperson) Rules, 1986
Sections
3A. Administrative machinery for the conduct of Elections.
Section 3A65. Maximum election expenses.
Section 651. Full Name of the Candidate :
Section 12. Number of candidate in the electoral poll :
Section 23. Father's or Husband's name :
Section 34. Percentage :
Section 45. Sex :
Section 56. Occupation and address :
Section 67. Community : OC/SC/ST/BC :
Section 78. Full name of the proposer :
Section 89. No. of the proposer in the electoral roll :
Section 910. Signature of the proposer :
Section 101. Serial Number :
Section 12. Name of candidate :
Section 23. Father's or Husband's Name :
Section 34. Sex :
Section 45. Occupation and address :
Section 56. Name of the proposer :
Section 61. Not more than one vote may be given to a candidate
Section 12. The ballot paper printed on coloured paper with their names and symbols indicate that they are intended to be used for voting in the election of Chairman, Municipal Council.
Section 24. A voter shall obtain the attestation of his signature on the back of this form by a Magistrate to whom the voter is personally known or to whose satisfaction the voter is personally known or to whose satisfaction the voter has been identified; or
Section 45. The attesting Officer shall attest the signature of the vote but not his vote which should not be recorded in the presence of the attesting Officer.
Section 51. The persons whose names are printed on the ballot paper sent herewith are the contesting candidates for election of Chairman, Municipal Council ........................ should you desire to vote at this election. I have to request that--
Section 13. The officers who are empowered to attest ballot papers have been specified in the instructions sent along with the ballot paper.
Section 34. Rule 27 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Direct Election of Chairman under Section 23) Rules, 1986 provides that if a voter is illiterate or unable due to physical incapacity to record his vote and sign the declaration on the back of the ballot paper he may make his declaration and record his vote by the hand of an Officer referred to in paragraph 3 above who is empowered to attest his signature and such voter may for this purpose deliver his ballot paper together with the envelope and t
Section 275. Sub-rule (2) of Rule 54 of the aforesaid rules provides as follows:
Section 546. Your number on the elected roll for ........................ ward is ................. you should insert this number in the declaration the back of the ballot paper.
Section 61. I have not acted as companion of any other elector at any polling Station/Booth today the ............................................................ and .......................................................
Section 12. I will keep secret the vote recorded by me on behalf of .........................................
Section 21. Signature of counting person 2. Signature of Election Officer
Section 1
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"content": "(b) The Election Authority as may be appointed by the State Election Commission shall exercise such powers and to perform such functions in connection with the conduct of elections to the Municipalities/Nagar Panchayats.\n(ii) The District Collector shall be the District Election Authority. The functions of the Election Authority under these rules may also be performed unless specifically otherwise provided, by the District Election Authority with his jurisdiction.\n(iii) Subject to the general superintendence, direction and control of the Election Authority, the District Election Authority shall be responsible for the conduct, co-ordination and supervision of all arrangements in connection with the conduct of elections to the offices of Chairperson of the Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats within his jurisdiction.\n4.\n5.\n(a) the category for which it is reserved in case of Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats for which the office of the Chairperson is reserved for Scheduled Tribes/Scheduled Caste/Women/Backward Classes under *[Section 23(1)(c)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)] of the Act;\n(b) the date, the place and the hours between which and to whom nomination papers shall be presented which shall be a date not earlier than the fourth day and not later than the tenth day after the date of publication of the election notice, whether or not it is a public holiday;\n(c) the date on which, the hours between which and the place at which the nomination will be taken up for scrutiny such date being the date next to the last fixed for the presentation of nomination papers whether or not it is a public holiday;\n(d) the time and place at which the poll will take place shall be published in such manner as the Election Officer may direct and the total period allotted to any day for polling at an election shall not be less than eight hours;\n(e) the time and the place at which the Election Officer will commence the counting of votes.]\n6.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n10.\n(i) that the candidate is ineligible for election under *[Sections 13, 13-A, 13-B, 14, 15, 19 and 23 of the Act;]\n(ii) that the proposer is a person whose name is not registered on the electoral roll;\n(iii) that there has been a failure on the candidate or his proposer to comply with any of the provisions of Rule 6 or Rule 8;\n(iv) that in the case the office of Chairperson is solely reserved for any community or communities or for. Women, the candidate does not belong to the community or any of those communities or is not woman as the case may be:\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n(ii) In the event of such revocation or of the death of an election agent, the candidate may appoint in like manner another person to be his election agent; and when such appointment is made, notice thereof shall be given in the manner laid down in sub-rules (1) and (2) to the Election Officer.\n17.\n18.\n19.\n20.\n21.\n22.\n23.\n24.\n(a) a cover addressed to himself in Form IX;\n(b) an envelope with the number of the ballot paper entered on its face; and\n(c) a letter in Form X. The Election Officer shall have the number of the ballot paper entered at the left hand bottom corner of the cover in Form IX.\n(a) in the case where the voter is a member of the Armed Forces of Union or a member of the Armed Police Force of the State serving outside the State to the voter as shown in the electoral roll;\n(b) in the case where the voter is a person subjected to preventive detention, to such voter at the place at the place of his detention.\n25.\n26.\n(a) in the case referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 24 by such officers as may be appointed in this behalf by the commanding officers of the unit in which the voter is employed; and\n(b) in the case referred to in clause (b) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 24 by the Superintendent of the Jail or the commandant of the detention camp in which the voter is under detention.\n27.\n(a) certify on the back of the ballot paper the voter's incapacity; and\n(b) attest the fact that he was requested by the voter\n(i) to sign the declaration on the back of the ballot paper; and\n(ii) to mark the ballot paper for him.\n28.\n29.\n30.\n(a) the candidates and at each booth one agent of each candidate at a time (hereinafter referred to as the polling agent;)\n(b) the Police or other public servants on duty;\n(c) his own clerks and such persons as the Presiding Officer may from time to time admit for the purpose of identifying electors;\n(d) a child in arms accompanying a voter; and\n(e) the companion of blind and inform voters who cannot move without help.\n(2) If any question arises as to whether a person is or is not a near relative within the meaning of clause (a) above, it shall be decided by the Presiding Officer and his decision shall be final.\n31.\n32.\n33.\n(a) canvassing for votes; or\n(b) soliciting the vote of any elector; or\n(c) persuading any voter not to vote for any particular candidate; or\n(d) persuading any elector not to vote at the election; or\n(e) exhibiting any notice or sign (other than an official notice)relating to the election.\n34.\n35.\n(a) the serial number if any, and name of the ward;\n(b) the serial number and name of the Polling Station;\n(c) the serial number of the ballot-box to be filled in at the end of the poll on the label outside the ballot-box only; and\n(d) the date of poll.\n35A.\n36.\n37.\n38.\n(a) the Inspection of his left fore-finger by the Polling Officer; and\n(b) an indelible ink mark to be put on his left fore-finger.\n(a) refused to allow such inspection of his left fore-finger; or\n(b) refuses to allow an indelible ink mark to be put on his left fore-finger; or\n(c) refuses to put his signature or thumb impression on the counterfoil; or\n(d) does any act in order to remove any such mark after it has been put; he shall not be entitled to be supplied with any ballot paper or to record his vote at the election.\n39.\n40.\n(a) the number, name and description of the elector as stated in the electoral roll shall be called out; and\n(b) The Polling Officer shall record the electoral roll, Part No. and Serial No. of the voter as entered in the marked copy of the electoral roll on the counter foil of the ballot paper and obtain his signature or thumb impression thereon.\n41.\n(a) proceed to one of the voting compartments;\n(b) there make a mark on the ballot paper with the instrument supplied for the purpose on or near the symbol of the candidate for whom he intends to vote;\n(c) fold the ballot-paper so as to conceal his vote;\n(d) if required, show to the Presiding Officer the distinguishing mark of the ballot paper;\n(e) insert the folded ballot paper into the ballot box; and\n(f) quit the polling station.\n42.\n43.\n44.\n(i) are you the person enrolled as follows (reading the whole entry from the roll)\n(ii) have you already voted at the present election at this polling station and the persons shall not be supplied with a ballot paper unless he gives an unqualified answer to the first question or question put to him and unless his answer to the first question is in the affirmative and the second is in the negative. Except as mentioned herein and subject to the provisions of *[Section 11] of the Act every person whose name is found on the electoral roll shall be entitled to be supplied with a ballot paper.\n45.\n(a) serially the last in the bundle of the ballot-papers issued for use of the polling station; and\n(b) endorsed on the back of the ballot paper and its counterfoil with the words \"Tendered ballot paper\" by the Presiding Officer in his own hand duly signed by him.\n46.\n47.\n48.\n(i) If the polling station at which the person is on duty relates to the ward in which he is entitled to vote, then the provisions contained in Rules 39 and 41 shall apply. The Presiding Officer shall at the end of the poll send the certificate to the Election Officer along with the statement mentioned in sub-rule (5) of Rule 51.\n(ii) If the polling station at which the person is on duty be not in the ward in which he is entitled to vote, the Presiding Officer shall issue the ballot paper with instructions similar to those contained in item (ii) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 44. The person shall proceed into the polling compartment and mark the ballot paper and place in an envelope. He shall then stick the envelope and handover the cover to the Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer shall make up into separate packets for each ward, the covers in which votes have been so recorded to the connected certificate being fastened to the covers, seal up each such packet in the manner specified in Rule 51 and forward the same to the Election Officer.\n49.\n(b) If the Presiding Officer considers it necessary to stop polling for a short interval due to heavy rain or dislocation of work in the polling booth for some reason or the other, etc., or disturbance of peace in the neighbourhood of the polling booth due to high tension among the public he can do so by informing the public to that effect under intimation to the Election Officer. In such an event, the poll can be resumed and continued beyond the period fixed for the poll to the extent of the time for which the poll was stopped.\n(a) that the poll be continued at the polling station for the number of hours for which it was not held on the previous occasion, provided that not less than 50% of the voters had cast their votes; or\n(b) that the proceedings at the poll held at the polling station on the previous occasion be ignored and that a fresh poll he held at such polling station for the full number of hours for which it should have been held on the previous occasion. Any order passed by the Election Authority under this sub-rule shall be final.\n(a) State--\n(i) the date on which and the hours between which the continuation poll or the fresh poll, as the case may be, shall be held; and\n(ii) the date on which and the place and hour at which, the Election Officer, will commence the counting of the votes under Rule 53, and\n(b) be published in the manner laid down in Rule 5 not less then seven days before the date fixed for the continuation poll or for the fresh poll as the case may be.\n(b) The Presiding Officer shall open the packets just before the commencement of the continuation poll in the presence of such persons as may be present at the polling station and commence such poll precisely at the hour fixed therefor in the order passed by the Election Authority under clause (a) of sub-rule (3).\n(c) At the continuation poll, the Presiding Officer shall allow only such electors to vote who did not vote on the previous occasion.\n50.\n51.\n(i) the tendered ballot papers;\n(ii) the unused ballot papers or ballot papers with counterfoils or foils;\n(iii) the spoilt ballot papers;\n(iii-a) the counterfoils is issued ballot papers including tendered ballot papers;\n(iv) the marked copy of the electoral roll;\n(v) the tendered votes list;\n(vi) the list of challenged votes with the statement or statement mentioned in sub-rule (2) of Rule 46;\n(vii) the covers referred to clause (ii) of sub-rule (4) of Rule 48; and\n(viii) any other paper directed by the Election Officer to be kept in a sealed cover.\n52.\n53.\n54.\n(a) the mark is not made thereon; or\n(b) the mark is set opposite the name of more than one candidate or is so placed as to render it doubtful to which candidate it is intended to apply; or\n(c) the mark and some other figures are set opposite the name of same candidate; or\n(d) it bears any mark of writing by which the elector can be identified; or\n(e) is a spurious one; or\n(f) it is so damaged or that its identify as a genuine ballot paper, cannot be identified; or\n(g) bears the marks belonging to a ward different from that of the ballot box in which it is found:\n(a) more than one mark is placed against any candidate's name; or\n(b) votes are given to more candidates than one candidate to be elected; or\n(c) a mark is placed in such a manner as to make it doubtful to which candidate it has been given; or\n(d) the signature of the voter is not duly attested, shall be invalid.\n55.\n56.\n(i) such of the ballot papers as have been accepted as valid; and\n(ii) the remaining ballot papers which have been rejected as invalid he shall then make up both the bundles into one packet and seal the packet with his own seal. He shall also re close and reseal each of the other packets which were opened by him and record on each such packet a description of its contents.\n57.\n58.\n59.\n60.\n61.\n62.\n63.\n64.",
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"content": "(to be filled by the candidate)\nSignature of Candidate. (to be filled by the Election Officer)\nElection Officer.\nElection Officer or Authorised person.\nAppendix 2 List of Nominations received on .......for election as Chairman, Municipal council Form - II [ See rule 9] List of Nominations received on .......... for election as Chairman, Municipal council\nAppendix 2\nList of Nominations received on .......for election as Chairman, Municipal council\nList of Nominations received on .......for election as Chairman, Municipal council\nForm - II\nForm - II\n[ See rule 9]\n[ See rule 9]",
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"content": "Note :- The nomination paper will be taken up for scrutiny at ....................... A.M./P.M. on the ............... day of .................. at ............. (Place)\nAppendix 2A\nAppendix 2A\n[Form II-A\n[Form II-A\n[ See Rule 10(4)]\n[ See Rule 10(4)]\nSl.No.\nSl.No.\nName of the Candidate\nName of the Candidate\nName of Father/Mother/Husband\nName of Father/Mother/Husband\nAddress of Candidate\nAddress of Candidate\nParty Affiliation\nParty Affiliation\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n(5)\n(5)\nElection Officer\nAppendix 2B\nAppendix 2B\nForm II-B\nForm II-B\n[ See Rule 12(i)]\n[ See Rule 12(i)]\nNotice of withdrawal of candidature by the candidate\nNotice of withdrawal of candidature by the candidate\nSignature of (Validly nominated candidate)\nElection Officer\nElection Officer.\nAppendix 2C\nAppendix 2C\nForm II-C\nForm II-C\nNotice of withdrawal of candidature\nNotice of withdrawal of candidature\n[ See Rule 12(2)]\n[ See Rule 12(2)]\nName of validly\nName of validly\nNominated candidate\nNominated candidate\nAddress of validly\nAddress of validly\nNominated candidate\nNominated candidate\nRemarks\nRemarks\n1.\n2.\n3.\n4.\n5.\n6.\n7.\n8.\nAppendix 3\nAppendix 3\nForm - III\nForm - III\n[ See Rule 6(7)]\n[ See Rule 6(7)]\nSignature of Candidate\nSignature of an Officer of the Revenue Department not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar. Date :\nAppendix 4\nAppendix 4\nForm - IV\nForm - IV\n[( See Rule 22 (1)]\n[( See Rule 22 (1)]\n[List of contesting candidates]\n[List of contesting candidates]\nSl.No.\nSl.No.\nName of the Candidate\nName of the Candidate\nSex of Candidate\nSex of Candidate\nAddress of Candidate\nAddress of Candidate\nDistinctive symbols assigned to candidate\nDistinctive symbols assigned to candidate\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n(5)\n(5)\nElection Officer.\nAppendix 5\nAppendix 5\nForm - V\nForm - V\n[ See rule 16(1)]\n[ See rule 16(1)]\nAppointment of an Election Agent\nAppointment of an Election Agent\nSignature of Election Agent.\nAppendix 6\nAppendix 6\nForm - VI\nForm - VI\n[ See rule 17(1)]\n[ See rule 17(1)]\nAppointment of Polling Agent\nAppointment of Polling Agent\nSignature of Polling Agent\nSignature of the Polling Agent Signed before me Presiding Officer\nAppendix 7 Form - VII [ See Rule 18(1)] Appointing of Counting Agent Election to the Chairman, Municipal Council ...........\nAppendix 7\nForm - VII\nForm - VII\n[ See Rule 18(1)]\n[ See Rule 18(1)]\nAppointing of Counting Agent\nAppointing of Counting Agent\nSignature of Counting Agent.\nSigned before me. Election Officer Date .........\nAppendix 8\nAppendix 8\nForm - VIII\nForm - VIII\n[ See Rule 24(1)]\n[ See Rule 24(1)]\nInstructions\nInstructions",
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"title": "2. The ballot paper printed on coloured paper with their names and symbols indicate that they are intended to be used for voting in the election of Chairman, Municipal Council.",
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"content": "3. vote shall be recorded by placing a mark on the ballot paper opposite the name of the candidate for whom the votes wishes to vote (please also see further in the accompanying letter).",
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"title": "4. A voter shall obtain the attestation of his signature on the back of this form by a Magistrate to whom the voter is personally known or to whose satisfaction the voter is personally known or to whose satisfaction the voter has been identified; or",
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"content": "(a) in case where the voter is a member of Armed Force of the Union or member of the Armed Police Force of the State serving outside the State, by the Commanding Officer of the unit in which the voter is employed and\n(b) in case where the voter is a person subject to preventive detention by the Superintendent of the jail or the commandant of the detention camp in which the voter is under detention.",
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"content": "Signature of the voter. Signed in my presence by ..................... who is personally known to me (or who has been identified to my satisfaction).\nSignature of Attesting Officer. Address : ................................. Date : ..................................\nAppendix 9\nAppendix 9\nForm - IX\nForm - IX\n[ See Rule 24(2)(a)]\n[ See Rule 24(2)(a)]\nForm of Cover\nForm of Cover\nAppendix 10\nAppendix 10\nForm - X\nForm - X\n[ See Rule 24(2)(c)]\n[ See Rule 24(2)(c)]\nForm of Letter of Intimation\nForm of Letter of Intimation",
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"title": "1. The persons whose names are printed on the ballot paper sent herewith are the contesting candidates for election of Chairman, Municipal Council ........................ should you desire to vote at this election. I have to request that--",
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"content": "(a) you will record your vote by placing a mark on the ballot paper opposite the name of the candidate for whom you wish to vote.\n(b) you shall not place mark opposite the name of more than one candidate.\n(c) you will sign the declaration on the back of the ballot paper in the presence of an attesting officer who shall attest only your signature but not your vote which you should not record in the presence of the attesting Officer.\n(d) you will then place the ballot paper in the envelope sent with this letter and close it up and enclose the envelope in the cover addressed to me and return the cover to me by prepaid post or by messenger so as to reach me before 5.00 P.M. on the ..... day of ........... 198.\n2. covers returned by the post on which the postage has not been prepaid will not be received by me.",
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"title": "4. Rule 27 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Direct Election of Chairman under Section 23) Rules, 1986 provides that if a voter is illiterate or unable due to physical incapacity to record his vote and sign the declaration on the back of the ballot paper he may make his declaration and record his vote by the hand of an Officer referred to in paragraph 3 above who is empowered to attest his signature and such voter may for this purpose deliver his ballot paper together with the envelope and t",
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"content": "(a) shall on being so requested by the voter certify on the back of the ballot paper the voter's incapacity and shall attest the fact that he was requested by the voter to sign the declaration on the back of the ballot paper and to mark the ballot paper for him and that he has put the mark on the ballot paper in accordance with the wishes of the voter and that the ballot paper was so signed and marked by him in the presence of the voter, and\n(b) shall thereupon place the marked ballot paper in the envelope mentioned above and close the same and enclose it in the cover referred to above and seal it and handover the sealed cover to the voter and the voter shall then send in forthwith to the Election Officer in accordance with the instructions contained in clause (d) of paragraph (1) of this letter.",
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"title": "5. Sub-rule (2) of Rule 54 of the aforesaid rules provides as follows:",
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"content": "A postal ballot paper which is not duly marked or on which, (a) more than one mark is placed against any candidate's name, or (b) votes are given to more candidate than one candidates to be elected, or (c) a mark is placed in such a manner as to make it doubtful to which candidate it has been given-or (d) the signature of the voter is not duly attested, shall be invalid.",
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"title": "6. Your number on the elected roll for ........................ ward is ................. you should insert this number in the declaration the back of the ballot paper.",
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"content": "Yours faithfully, Election Officer.\nAppendix 11\nAppendix 11\nForm - XI\nForm - XI\n[ See Rule 36 (1)]\n[ See Rule 36 (1)]\nSl.No.\nSl.No.\nName of the Candidate\nName of the Candidate\nSymbol\nSymbol\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\nAppendix 11A\nAppendix 11A\nForm - XI-A\nForm - XI-A\n[ See Rule 36(1)]\n[ See Rule 36(1)]\nDeclaration by the companion of blind or infirm voter\nDeclaration by the companion of blind or infirm voter",
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"title": "1. I have not acted as companion of any other elector at any polling Station/Booth today the ............................................................ and .......................................................",
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"title": "2. I will keep secret the vote recorded by me on behalf of .........................................",
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"content": "Signature of the Companion\nAppendix 11B\nAppendix 11B\nForm - XI-B\nForm - XI-B\n[ See Rule 42 (2)]\n[ See Rule 42 (2)]\nList of blind and inform voters\nList of blind and inform voters\nPart No. & Sl.No. of Elector\nPart No. & Sl.No. of Elector\nFull name of the elector\nFull name of the elector\nFull name of the companion\nFull name of the companion\nAddress of companion\nAddress of companion\nS ignature of left\n\t\t\t\tthumb impression or companion\nS ignature of left\n\t\t\t\tthumb impression or companion\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n(5)\n(5)\nSignature of Presiding Officer.\nAppendix 12\nAppendix 12\nForm - XII\nForm - XII\n[ See Rule 45(2)]\n[ See Rule 45(2)]\nTender Votes List\nTender Votes List\nPart No. Sl.No. and name of the Elector\nPart No. Sl.No. and name of the Elector\nAddress of elector\nAddress of elector\nSl.No. of tendered ballot paper\nSl.No. of tendered ballot paper\nSl. No. of the ballot paper issued to the\n\t\t\t\tperson who has already voted\nSl. No. of the ballot paper issued to the\n\t\t\t\tperson who has already voted\nSignature or thumb impression of per-son\n\t\t\t\ttendering Vote\nSignature or thumb impression of per-son\n\t\t\t\ttendering Vote\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n(5)\n(5)\nSignature of Presiding Officer.\nAppendix 13\nAppendix 13\nForm - XIII\nForm - XIII\n[ See Rule 46 (2)]\n[ See Rule 46 (2)]\nDeclaration of Personation\nDeclaration of Personation\nSignature of Candidate or Agent. Signature of Candidate or Agent (Before me) Signature of Presiding Officer.\nAppendix 14\nAppendix 14\nForm - XIV [ See Rule 46(3)] List of challenged votes Direct Election of Chairman to ................................................... Municipality.\nForm - XIV\n[ See Rule 46(3)]\n[ See Rule 46(3)]\nList of challenged votes\nList of challenged votes\nSl. No. of entry\nSl. No. of entry\nName of the elector\nName of the elector\nPart of roll\nPart of roll\nElector's name in that part\nElector's name in that part\nSignature of thumb impression of person\n\t\t\t\tchallenged\nSignature of thumb impression of person\n\t\t\t\tchallenged\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n(5)\n(5)\nSignature of Presiding Officer.\nAppendix 15\nAppendix 15\nForm - XV\nForm - XV\n[ See Rule 48(1)]\n[ See Rule 48(1)]\nSignature of Election Officer\nAppendix 16\nAppendix 16\nForm - XVI\nForm - XVI\n[ See Rule 51 (6)]\n[ See Rule 51 (6)]\nSl.No.\nSl.No.\nParticulars\nParticulars\nNumber\nNumber\nRemarks\nRemarks\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n1.\nBallot papers received\n2.\nBallot papers issued to voters\n3.\nBallot papers in packets (Rule 48)\n4.\nTendered Ballot papers (Rule 45)\n5.\nNumber unused\n6.\nNumber spoilt\n7.\nBallot papers dealt with under Rule 48included\n\t\t\t\tunder Col. (3)\n8.\nBallot papers cancelled\nAppendix 17\nAppendix 17\nForm - XVII\nForm - XVII\n[ See Rule 55(1)]\n[ See Rule 55(1)]\nSl.No.\nSl.No.\nName of the Candidate\nName of the Candidate\nNo. of valid votes cast\nNo. of valid votes cast\n1.\n2.\n3.\n4.",
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"number": "1",
"title": "1. Signature of counting person 2. Signature of Election Officer",
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"content": "Part - II\nDeclaration to be made by the Election Officer\nDeclaration to be made by the Election Officer",
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"Act ID": "ap105",
"Act Number": "",
"Enactment Date": "",
"Act Year": "1986",
"Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats (Direct Election of Chairperson) Rules, 1986",
"Type": "STATE",
"Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
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