The Elections Act 2017
The ___ has the responsibility to announce the date or dates of the general elections.
The Commissioner
The President
The Prime Minister
The President, if the Prime Minister is not available for the same
The President
Section 57 subsection 1 states that โThe President shall announce the date or dates of the general elections after consultation with the Commission.โ Hence, option ‘B’ is correct.
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An election official shall be guilty of breach of official duty, if he, in the conduct or management of an election or maintenance of order at a polling station does which of the following?A. Persuades any person to give his vote
B. Influences in any manner the voting of any person
C. Any of the above
D. None of the above
A person shall not be enrolled โ
A. On the electoral roll for any electoral area more than twice
B. On the electoral rolls for more than two electoral areas
C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
D. Neither ‘A’ nor ‘B’
Under the Act, the Commission may conduct pilot projects for utilization of electronic voting machines and biometric verification system in bye-elections to assess which of the following about these machines?
A. Technical efficacy
B. Financial feasibility
C. Security
D. All of the above
The exact term used in the Act to refer to an election held to fill a casual vacancy is ___.
A. Bi-election
B. By-election
C. Bye-election
D. Special-election
Which of the following can be termed as an โelection officialโ?
A. District Returning Officer
B. Assistant Presidential Officer
C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
D. None of the above
Where, after consolidation of the Results of the Count, there is equality of votes between two contesting candidates, the Returning Officer shall declare both the candidates as returned and each one of them shall be entitled to represent his constituency in the respective Assembly for half of its term of office. What determines which candidate shall serve for the first half?
A. The educational qualification of the candidates
B. The number of years of prior political experience, if any
C. Drawing of a lot
D. None of the above
A person is guilty of the offence of corrupt practice if he,
A. Causes or attempts to cause any person present and waiting to vote at the polling station to depart without voting
B. Calls upon or persuades any person to vote, or to refrain from voting, for any candidate on the ground that he belongs to a particular religion, province, community, race, caste, bradari, sect or tribe
C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ qualify as valid offences of corruption
D. Neither ‘A’ nor ‘B’ qualify as valid offences of corruption
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