Section 78A(1)

(1) The Government shall, at any election to be held
for the purposes of constituting the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State, supply,
free of cost, to the candidates of recognised political parties such number of copies of the electoral roll, as
finally published under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) and such other material
as may be prescribed.