(a) That the election has not been a free election by reason that the corrupt practice of bribery or undue influence has extensively prevailed at the election, or
(b) That the result of the election has been materially affected
(i) by the improper acceptance or rejection of any nomination, or
(ii) by gross failure to comply with the provisions of the Act or the Rules framed thereunder.
(A) (1) Bribery, that is to say, any gift, offer or promise by a candidate or by any other person with the connivance of a candidate of any gratification to any person whomsoever, with the object, directly, or indirectly or inducing.
(a) A person to stand or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate at an election; or
(b) An elector to note or refrain from voting at an election or as a reward to
(i) A person so stood or not stood or for having withdrawn his candidature; or
(ii) An elector for having voted or refrained from voting.
(B) Undue influence, that is to say any direct or indirect interference or attempt to interfere on the part of a candidate or of any another person with the free exercise of any electrical right :
(i) threatens any candidate, or any elector, or any person in whom a candidate or an elector is interested, with injury of any kind including social ostracism and excommunication or expulsion from any caste or community, or
(ii) induces or attempts to induce a candidate or an elector to believe that he or any person in whom he is interested will become or will be rendered an object of divine displeasure or spiritual censure, shall be deemed to interfere with the free exercise of the electoral right of such candidate or elector within the meaning of the clause.
Section 57 • The Delhi Panchayat Raj Rules, 1959
57. Election of Up-Pradhan.
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