{ "id": 14606, "slug": "andhra-pradesh-municipalities-conduct-of-election-of-members-rules-2005", "title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Conduct of Election of Members) Rules, 2005", "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Conduct of Election of Members) Rules, 2005", "act_number": "", "act_year": 2005, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Andhra Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Conduct of Election of Members) Rules, 2005", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Applicability.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter 1\nPreliminary", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Government\" means the Government of Andhra Pradesh;\n(b) \"Act\" means the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965;\n(c) \"Elector\" in relation to an election to any municipality means a person whose name appears in the electoral roll of the Municipality as it remains in force, except a person who is declared to be a man of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;\n(d) \"Election Officer\" means the Municipal Commissioner or any person or officer authorised or appointed by the Election Authority to do any act or perform any function in connection with the conduct of elections under these rules.\n(e) \"electronic voting machine\" means the voting machine referred to in Section 28-E of the Act;\n(f) \"electoral roll\" means the electoral roll prepared and published under Section 11 of the Act;\n(g) \"Form\" means the form appended to these rules and includes the translation of the matter in Telugu or any other languages specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution,\n(h) \"ballot box\" includes any box, bag or other receptacle used for the insertion of ballot paper by voters;\n(i) \"counterfoil\" means the counterfoil attached to a ballot paper printed under the provisions of these rules;\n(j) \"marked copy of the electoral roll\" means the copy of the electoral roll set apart for the purpose of marking the names of electors to whom ballot papers are Issued at an election or the names of electors who are allowed to vote through electronic voting machine;\n(k) \"municipality\" includes a Nagar Panchayat;\n(l) \"Polling Station\" in relation to an election of members means the place fixed for taking the poll at such election;\n(m) \"Presiding Officer\" , includes any polling officer performing any of the functions of a Presiding Officer under sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 30;\n(n) \"Public Holiday\" means any day declared as such by Government,\n(o) \"Voters on election duty\" means any polling agent, any polling officer, Presiding Officer or other public servant who is an elector in the ward and is by reason of his/her being on election duty unable to vote at the polling station where he/she is entitled to vote;\n(a) he/she has placed a mark on such instrument or other paper in the presence of the Election Officer or the Presiding Officer or such other Officer specified in these rules;\n(b) such officer on being satisfied as to his/her identity has attested the mark as being the mark of that person\".\nChapter 2\nElection of Members", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Administrative Machinery for the Conduct of Elections.", "chapter": null, "content": "(b) The Election authority appointed by the State Election Commission shall exercise such powers and perform such functions in connection with the conduct of elections under these rules, as may be assigned to him under the Act and the rules.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Display of voters list.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Publication of election notice.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the number of members to be elected\n(b) the wards for which they are to be elected;\n(c) the category for which it is reserved, namely, for the members of the Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled Castes, Women and Backward Classes as the case may be, under section 8(1) of the Act;\n(d) the date upto which, the places at which 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(e) the date on which, the hours between which and the place at which the nomination papers will be taken up for scrutiny, such date being the date, next to the last date fixed for the presentation of nomination papers, whether or not it is a public holiday;\n(f) the last date and time for withdrawal of the candidature, which shall not be later than 3'o' clock in the after noon of the third day after the date fixed for scrutiny of nominations whether or not it is a public holiday;\n(g) the date on which and place or places at which the poll will be taken, should there be a poll and the hours during which the poll will be taken:\n(i) Provided that the date on which a poll shall be taken shall be a date not earlier than the twelfth day after the date for withdrawal of candidatures:\n(ii) Provided further that the total period allotted to any one day for polling at an election in a ward shall not be less than eight hours; and\n(h) the day on which and the place and the hour at which the counting of votes shall commence.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Special Election programme.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Nomination of Candidates.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Check It.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) On the presentation of a nomination paper, the Election Officer or other authorised person referred to in sub-rule (4) of Rule 8 may require the person or persons presenting the same to produce a copy of the electoral roll in which the candidate and his proposer are registered or the necessary entries therein and shall satisfy himself that the name and number of the candidate and his proposer, as entered in the nomination paper, are the same as those entered in the electoral roll.\n(2) The Election Officer may so interpret an entry in the electoral roll, as to overlook merely clerical or printing errors but he shall record the interpretation adopted by him together with the reasons therefor.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Deposits.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Publication of list of nominations received.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Scrutiny of Nomination Papers.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) that the candidate is ineligible for election under Sections 13, 13-A, 13-B, 14, 15, ISA and 15B of the Act;\n(ii) That the proposer is a person whose name is not registered in the electoral roll of the concerned ward; or\n(iii) that there has been any failure on the part of the candidate or his proposer to comply with any of the provisions of Rules 8 and 10; or\n(iv) that, in case the seat is reserved for any community or for women, the candidate does not belong to that community or is not a woman, as the case may be;", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Withdrawal of candidature.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Publication of the list of contesting candidates.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Uncontested election.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Death of a contesting candidate before poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) dies at any time after 10.00a.m. on the last date for making nominations and his nomination is found valid on scrutiny; or\n(b) whose nomination has been found valid on scrutiny and who has not withdrawn his candidature dies and in either case, a report of his death is received at any time before the publication of the list of contesting candidates; or\n(c) dies as a contesting candidate and a report of his death is received before the commencement of the poll, the Election Officer shall, upon being satisfied about the fact of the death of the candidate, by order, announce an adjournment of poll to a date to be notified later and report the facts to the State Election Commission and to the election authority:", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Appointment of Election Agent.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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-rule (1).", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Appointment of Polling agents.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "19", "title": "19. Appointment of counting agents.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 }, { "number": "20", "title": "20. Rights of candidates and his election agent.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 19 }, { "number": "21", "title": "21. Non-attendance of agents.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 20 }, { "number": "22", "title": "22. Voting by postal Ballot.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 21 }, { "number": "23", "title": "23. Electors under preventive detention.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) As soon as possible, after a notice is published under Rule 6, the Election Officer shall ascertain in writing from the Collector of the District whether any voter in that Municipality is subject to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force. The Collector shall within five days from the date of receipt of such communication from the Election Officer forward list of names of any such voters in that municipality, if any, to get her with their addresses and the particulars about their place of detention to the Election Officer.\n(2) Any voter who is subject to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force or on his behalf any member of his family may within ten days from the date of publication of the notice apply to the Election Officer of the ward for permission to give his vote by postal ballot at the election. Every such application shall specify the name of the voter, his address, his serial number in the electoral roll and the particulars regarding his place of detention.\n(3) If the Election Officer is satisfied that the person whose name has been forwarded under sub-rule (2) or who has made an application under sub-rule (3) is under preventive detention and is a voter in the ward to which the election relates and is entitled to vote at such election he shall permit such person to give his vote at the election by postal ballot.\n(4) While granting any such permission, the Election Officer shall, at the same time, put the letters 'P.B.' which means that a postal ballot has been issued in each copy of the electoral roll in which such person's name is registered and which is intended to be used at the polling station where such person would if he had not been under detention, have normally voted so as to indicate that such person has been permitted to give vote at the election by postal ballot.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 22 }, { "number": "24", "title": "24. Procedure for issue of Postal Ballot.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) An envelope addressed to himself in Form XII;\n(b) another envelope with the number of the ballot paper entered on its face; and\n(c) a letter in Form XIII. The Election Officer shall have the number of the ballot paper entered at the left hand bottom corner of the envelope cover in Form XII.\n(a) in case where the voter is a member of the Armed Forces of the Union or of the Armed Police Force of the State serving outside the State, to the address of the voter as shown in the electoral roll;\n(b) in case where the voter is a person subject to preventive detention, to such voter to the place of his detention.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 23 }, { "number": "25", "title": "25. Recording of vote.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 24 }, { "number": "26", "title": "26. Attestation.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) in the case referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 24 by such officer as may be appointed in this behalf by any commanding officer 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 Commandant of the detention camp in which the voter is under detention.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 25 }, { "number": "27", "title": "27. Assistance to disabled Voters.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) Any such voter as aforesaid may deliver the ballot paper, together with the envelope and the other envelope received by him from the Election Officer to an officer referred to in sub-rule (1) and such officer shall, on being so requested by the voter\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\n(2) Such Officer shall further certify 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.\n(3) Such officer shall thereupon place the marked ballot paper in the envelope and close the same and place it in the other envelope which he shall seal and hand over to the voter. The voter shall then send the sealed envelope forthwith to the Election Officer in accordance with the instructions contained in the letter sent to the voter along with the ballot paper so as to reach the Election Officer before 5 p.m. on the date fixed under sub-rule of Rule 25. Any envelope which is not received by the Election Officer before 5 p.m. on such date shall be rejected and kept along with the envelopes rejected under the said sub-rule.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 26 }, { "number": "28", "title": "28. Reissue of ballot papers.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 27 }, { "number": "29", "title": "29. Check It.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 28 }, { "number": "30", "title": "30. Check It.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) A polling station shall have one or more polling booths. If a poll has to be taken, the Election Officer shall appoint forthwith a Presiding Officer and none or more Polling Officers for each polling booth and may pay them reasonable remuneration for their services. The Election Officer may, if necessary, appoint one or more identifying officers to assist the presiding Officer in identifying the electors. The polling personnel shall not consist of any Members, or any officer, or other employee of the municipality except those appointed as identifying officers: Provided that if a Polling Officer is absent from the polling station, the Presiding Officer may appoint any person who is present at the polling station other than a person who has been employed by or on behalf of or has been otherwise working for a candidate in or about the election to be the Polling Officer during the absence of the former officer and inform the Election Officer accordingly: Provided further that nothing in this sub-rule shall prevent the Election Officer from appointing the same person to be Presiding Officer for more than one polling station in the same premises.\n(2) A Polling Officer shall, if so directed by the Presiding Officer perform all or any of the functions of a Presiding Officer under these rules or any rules or orders made thereunder.\n(3) If the Presiding Officer owing to illness or other unavoidable cause, is obliged to absent himself from the polling station, his functions shall be performed by such polling officer as has been previously authorised by the Election Officer to perform such functions during any such absence.\n(4) The Presiding Officer shall keep order at the polling station, shall see that the election is fairly conducted, shall regulate the number of electors to be admitted at one time and shall exclude all other persons except:\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 Polling Officers 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 companions of blind and infirm voters who cannot move without help.\n(5) (a) Where a woman elector cannot be identified by the identification officers appointed under sub rule (1) by reason of her observing purdah she may be required to be identified by any of her near relatives unless she otherwise satisfies the Presiding Officer of her identity.\n(b) 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.\n(6) It shall be the duty of every Polling Officer provided by the Election Officer at a polling station/booth to assist the Presiding Officer for such station/ booth in the performance of his functions.\n31.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 29 }, { "number": "32", "title": "32. Separate Polling Station for women.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 30 }, { "number": "33", "title": "33. Arrangements at the polling station where ballot boxes are used.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 31 }, { "number": "34", "title": "34. Paper seal.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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 (d) the date of poll;", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 32 }, { "number": "35", "title": "35. Demonstration of the Marked copy of the electoral role.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) any entry other than that made in pursuance of Rules 22, 23, 24 and 48: and\n(b) any mark other than the mark made in pursuance of those rules.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 33 }, { "number": "36", "title": "36. Manner of Voting.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 34 }, { "number": "37", "title": "37. Distinguishing Mark.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 35 }, { "number": "38", "title": "38. Issuing of ballot paper.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the Inspection of his left fore-finger by the polling officer; and\n(b) and Indelible ink mark to be put on his left fore-finger.\n(a) refuses 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 forefinger; 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.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 36 }, { "number": "39", "title": "39. Recording of entries on the counterfoil.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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 Part No. and Serial No. of the voter as entered in the marked copy of the electoral roll on the Counterfoil of the ballot paper and obtain his signature or thumb impression thereon.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 37 }, { "number": "40", "title": "40. Marking on ballot paper.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 38 }, { "number": "41", "title": "41. Voting Procedure.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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 papers so as to conceal his vote;\n(d) if required, to show to the Presiding Officer the distinguishing mark on the ballot paper;\n(e) Insert the folded ballot paper into the ballot box; and\n(f) quit the polling station;", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 39 }, { "number": "42", "title": "42. Blind and infirm voters.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 40 }, { "number": "43", "title": "43. Facilities for woman electors.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 41 }, { "number": "44", "title": "44. Verification of genuineness of voters.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) Are you the person enrolled as shown in the entry in the roll?\n(ii) Have you already voted at the present election at this polling station or at any other polling stations; and the person shall not be supplied with a ballot paper unless he gives an unqualified answer to the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative; except as mentioned herein and subject to the provision 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. Identification of electors:", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 42 }, { "number": "45", "title": "45. Tendered vote.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) Every such person shall, before being supplied with a tendered ballot paper sign his name against the entry relating to him in a list in Form XVI.\n(2) A tendered ballot paper shall be the same as the other ballot papers used at the polling except that it shall be\n(a) serially the last in the bundle of ballot papers issued for use at 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.\n(3) The elector, after marking a tender ballot paper in the voting compartment and folding it, shall, instead of putting it into the ballot box, give it to the Presiding Officer, who shall place it in a cover specially kept for the purpose.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 43 }, { "number": "46", "title": "46. Challenging of Identity.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) warn the person challenged of the penalty for personation;\n(b) read the relevant entry in the electoral roll in full and ask him whether he is the person referred to in that entry;\n(c) enter his name and address in the list of challenged votes in Form XVII; and\n(d) require him to affix his signature in the said list.\n(a) require the challenger to advice evidence in proof of the challenge and the person challenged to advice evidence of proof of his identity;\n(b) put to the person challenged any questions necessary for the purpose of establishing his identity and required him to answer them on other; and\n(c) administer an oath to the person challenged and any other person offering to give evidence.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 44 }, { "number": "47", "title": "47. Spoilt ballot paper.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 45 }, { "number": "48", "title": "48. Public servants on election duty.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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 40 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 52\n(ii) if he polling station at which the person is on duty is 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 sub-rule (2). 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 hand over the cover the Presiding Officer. The presiding Officer shall make up into separate packets for each ward, the covers in which votes have been so recorded the connected certificate being fastened to the covers, seal up each such packet in the manner specified in Rule 52 and forward the same to the election officer.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 46 }, { "number": "49", "title": "49. Adjournment of poll in emergencies.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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 station for some reason or other or due to disturbance of peace in the neighborhood of the polling station, 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 be held at such polling station for the full number of hours for which it should have been held on the previous occasion.\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 54; and\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 State Election Commission 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.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 47 }, { "number": "50", "title": "50. Fresh poll in case of destruction of ballot box.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 48 }, { "number": "51", "title": "51. Adjournment of poll etc., on the ground of booth capturing.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 49 }, { "number": "52", "title": "52. Closure of poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) the tendered ballot papers;\n(ii) the unused ballot papers with counterfoil or foils;\n(iii) the counterfoils of issued ballot papers Including tendered ballot papers;\n(iv) the spoilt ballot papers;\n(v) the marked copy of the electoral roll;\n(vi) the tendered votes list;\n(vii) the list of challenged votes;\n(viii) the covers referred to in clause (ii) of sub-rule (4) of Rule 48; and\n(ix) any other paper directed by the State Election Commission to be kept in a sealed packet/cover.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 50 }, { "number": "53", "title": "53. Account of ballot paper.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 51 }, { "number": "54", "title": "54. Delivery of ballot boxes.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 52 }, { "number": "55", "title": "55. Counting of votes.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 53 }, { "number": "56", "title": "56. Grounds for rejection of ballot papers.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) if it bears any mark or writing by which the elector can be identified or\n(b) if it bears no mark at all or, to indicate the vote, it bears a mark elsewhere than on or near the symbol of one of the candidates on the face of the ballot paper or, it bears a mark made otherwise than with the instrument supplied for the purpose, or\n(c) if votes are given on it in favour of more than one candidates, or\n(d) if the mark indicating the vote thereon is placed in such manner as to make it doubtful to which candidate the vote has been given, or\n(e) if it is a spurious ballot paper, or\n(f) if it is so damaged or mutilated that its identity as a genuine ballot paper cannot be established, or\n(g) if it bears a serial number, or is of a design, different from the serial numbers, or, as the case may be, design, of the ballot papers authorised for use at the particular polling station, or\n(h) if it does not bear both the mark and the signature which it should have borne under the provisions of Rule 37.\n(a) 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(b) the mark and some other figures or set opposite the name of the same candidate; or\n(c) it bears any mark of writing by which the elector can be identified or\n(d) is a spurious one; or\n(e) it is so damaged or mutilated that its identity as a genuine ballot paper cannot be identified or\n(f) bears the marks belonging to a ward different from that of the ballot box in which it is found; Provided that a ballot paper shall not be rejected under Clause (e) if the Election Officer is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the ballot paper was the one issued by the Presiding Officer of the polling station concerned.\n(a) more than one mark is placed against any candidate's name; 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 intended to apply; 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.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 54 }, { "number": "57", "title": "57. Recounting of Votes.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) arrange for recounting of votes in accordance with Rule 55;\n(b) amend the result sheet in Form XX (Part-I) to the extent necessary after such recount.\n(c) announce the amendments so made by him.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 55 }, { "number": "58", "title": "58. Declaration of result of election.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 56 }, { "number": "59", "title": "59. Sealing of election papers.", "chapter": null, "content": "(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.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 57 }, { "number": "60", "title": "60. Disposal of Ballot Papers.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 58 }, { "number": "61", "title": "61. General.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 59 }, { "number": "62", "title": "62. Equality of votes.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 60 }, { "number": "63", "title": "63. Publication of results.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 61 }, { "number": "64", "title": "64. Date of election.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 62 }, { "number": "65", "title": "65. Interpretation of Rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 63 }, { "number": "66", "title": "66. Special schedule in certain cases.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 64 }, { "number": "67", "title": "67. Maximum election expenses.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter 3\nVoting by Electronic Voting Machines", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 65 }, { "number": "68", "title": "68. Design of Voting Machine.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 66 }, { "number": "69", "title": "69. Preparation of Voting Machine by the Election Officer.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) fix the label containing the names and symbols of the contesting candidates in the Balloting Unit and secure that unit with his seal and the seals of such of the contesting candidates or their election agents present as are desirous of affixing the same.\n(b) Set the number of contesting candidates and close the candidate set section in the control unit and secure it with his seal and the seals of such of the contesting candidates or their election agents present as are desirous of affixing the same.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 67 }, { "number": "70", "title": "70. Arrangements at the Polling Stations.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) a notice specifying the polling area, the electors of which are entitled to vote at the polling station and, when the polling area has more than one polling station, the particulars of the elector so entitled; and\n(b) a copy of the list of contesting candidates.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 68 }, { "number": "71", "title": "71. Admission to Polling Station.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 69 }, { "number": "72", "title": "72. Preparation of voting machine for poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the serial number and the name of the ward\n(b) the serial number and the name of the polling station;\n(c) the serial number of the unit; and\n(d) the date of poll.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 70 }, { "number": "73", "title": "73. Marked copy of electoral roll.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 71 }, { "number": "74", "title": "74. Facilities for Women electors.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 72 }, { "number": "75", "title": "75. Identification of electors.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 73 }, { "number": "76", "title": "76. Facilities for public servants on election duty.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) obtain thereon, the signature of the person producing it;\n(b) have the person's name and electoral roll number as mentioned in the certificate entered at the end of the marked copy of the electoral roll; and\n(c) permit him to cast his vote in the same manner as for an elector entitled to vote at that polling station.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 74 }, { "number": "77", "title": "77. Challenging of Identity.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 75 }, { "number": "78", "title": "78. Safeguard against personation.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) refuse to allow his left forefinger to be inspected or marked in accordance with sub-rule (1) or has already such a mark on his left forefinger or does any act with a view to removing the ink mark, or\n(b) fails or refuses to produce his identity card as required by sub- rule (3) of Rule 75 he shall not be allowed to vote.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 76 }, { "number": "79", "title": "79. Procedure for voting by voting machines.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) record the electoral roll number of the elector as entered in the marked copy of the electoral roll in a register of voters in Form XXI.\n(b) Obtain the signature of the thumb impression of the elector on the said register of votes, and\n(c) Mark the name of the elector in the marked copy of the electoral roll to indicate that he has been allowed to vote.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 77 }, { "number": "80", "title": "80. Maintenance of secrecy of voting by electors within the polling station and voting procedure.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) proceed to the voting compartment:\n(b) record his vote by pressing the button on the balloting unit against the name and symbol of the candidate for whom he intends to vote, and\n(c) come out of the voting compartment and leave the polling station.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 78 }, { "number": "81", "title": "81. Recording of votes of blind or infirm electors.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 79 }, { "number": "82", "title": "82. Elector deciding not to vote.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 80 }, { "number": "83", "title": "83. Tendered Votes.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) proceed to the voting compartment:\n(b) record there his vote on the ballot paper by placing a cross mark \"X\" with instrument or article 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) give it to the presiding officer who shall place it in a cover specially kept for the purpose, and\n(e) leave the polling station.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 81 }, { "number": "84", "title": "84. Presiding Officer's entry in the voting compartment during poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 82 }, { "number": "85", "title": "85. Closing of Poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 83 }, { "number": "86", "title": "86. Account of votes recorded.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 84 }, { "number": "87", "title": "87. Sealing of voting machine after poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 85 }, { "number": "88", "title": "88. Sealing of other packets.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the marked copy of the electoral roll;\n(b) the register of voters in Form XXI;\n(c) the cover containing the tendered ballot papers and the list in Form XXII;\n(d) the list of challenged votes; and\n(e) any other papers directed by the State Election Commission to be kept in a sealed packet.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 86 }, { "number": "89", "title": "89. Transmission of voting machines, etc., to the Election Officer.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the voting machine;\n(b) the account of votes recorded in Form XXIII;\n(c) the sealed packets referred to in Rule 88 and\n(d) all other papers used at the poll.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 87 }, { "number": "90", "title": "90. Procedure on adjournment of poll.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 88 }, { "number": "91", "title": "91. Closing of voting machines in case of booth capturing.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 89 }, { "number": "92", "title": "92. Scrutiny and inspection of voting machines.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 90 }, { "number": "93", "title": "93. Counting of votes.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) number of such votes recorded separately in respect of each candidate in Part II of Form XXIII;\n(b) part II of Form XXIII completed in other respects and signed by the counting supervisor and also by the candidates or their election agents or their counting agents present; and\n(c) corresponding entries made in a result' sheet in Form XX, and the particulars so entered in the result sheet announced.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 91 }, { "number": "94", "title": "94. Sealing of Machines.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the serial number and name of the ward;\n(b) the particulars of the polling station where the control unit has been used;\n(c) serial number of the control unit;\n(d) date of poll; and\n(e) date of counting.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 92 }, { "number": "95", "title": "95. Custody of voting machines and papers relating to election.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the packets of marked copy of the electoral roll;\n(b) the packets containing register of voters in Form XXI\n(c) the packets containing the number of votes recorded in respect of each candidate in Form XXIII;\n(d) all other papers relating to election", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 93 }, { "number": "96", "title": "96. Production and Inspection of voting machines and election papers.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the packets of marked copy of electoral roll;\n(b) the packets containing registers of voters in Form XXI shall not be opened and their contents shall not be inspected by, or produced before any person or authority except under the order of the competent court.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 94 }, { "number": "97", "title": "97. Safe custody of voting machines and all other packets.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 95 }, { "number": "98", "title": "98. Power of the State Election Commission to issue directions.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 96 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "ap102", "Act Number": "", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "2005", "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Conduct of Election of Members) Rules, 2005", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Andhra Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18" }