WEST BENGAL PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS ACT, 2003

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S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Power to delimit Panchayat areas into constituencies

S.4 Qualifications for membership of a Gram Panchayat

S.5 Qualifications for membership of a Panchayat Samiti

S.6 Qualifications for membership of a Zilla Parishad or the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad

S.7 Disqualifications for membership of Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad

S.8 Bar to simultaneous candidature for election

S.9 Bar to simultaneous membership

S.10 Bar to simultaneous membership to Assembly, Parliament and Panchayats

S.11 Cessation of membership when character of the constituency is altered or changed

S.12 Total number of members in a Gram Panchayat

S.13 Allocation of seats by the prescribed authority

S.14 Total number of members in a Panchayat Samiti

S.15 Total number of members in a Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad

S.16 Determination of constituencies of Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad

S.17 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes 1[Backward Classes] and Women candidates

S.18 Reservation of seats for office bearers of Gram Panchayat and Panchayat Samiti

S.19 Reservation of office bearers of Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad

S.20 Co-option of persons in respective category

S.21 Officers

S.22 General duties of the District Panchayat Election Officer

S.23 Panchayat Returning Officer

S.24 Assistant Panchayat Returning Officer

S.25 Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer

S.26 Assistant Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer

S.27 Polling stations

S.28 Appointment of Presiding Officers and polling officers

S.29 General duty of Presiding Officer

S.30 Duties of polling officer

S.31 Preparation of Electoral Roll

S.32 Eligibility for registration

S.33 Meaning of ’ordinarily resident’

S.34 Preparation, publication and revision of electoral roll

S.35 Adoption of Assembly electoral roll

S.36 Correction of entries in electoral roll

S.37 Inclusion of names in electoral roll

S.38 Bar to jurisdiction of Civil Courts

S.39 Punishment for false declaration

S.40 Appeal

S.41 Fees for applications and appeals

S.42 Notification for election

S.43 Appointment of dates of various stages of election

S.44 Public notice of election

S.45 Nomination of candidates

S.46 Presentation of nomination papers and requirement for valid nomination

S.47 Deposits

S.48 Notice of nomination and the time and place for their scrutiny

S.49 Scrutiny of nominations

S.50 Withdrawal of candidature

S.51 Preparation of list of contesting candidates and allotment of symbol

S.52 Publication of list of contesting candidates

S.53 Appointment of election agents

S.54 Disqualification for being an election agent

S.55 Revocation of appointment, or death, of an election agent

S.56 Functions of election agent

S.57 Appointment of polling agent

S.58 Appointment of counting agent

S.59 Revocation of the appointment, or death, of a polling agent or counting agent

S.60 Functions of polling agents and counting agents

S.61 Attendance of a contesting candidate or his election agent at polling stations, and performance by him of the functions of a polling agent or counting agent

S.62 Non-attendance of polling or counting agents

S.63 Death of candidate before poll

S.64 Procedure in contested and uncontested elections

S.65 Fixing the time of poll

S.66 Adjournment of poll in emergencies

S.67 Fresh poll in the case of destruction etc. of ballot boxes

S.68 Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing

S.69 Manner of voting at elections

S.70 Safeguard against personation

S.71 Voting machine at elections

S.72 Right to vote

S.73 Counting of votes

S.74 Destruction, loss etc. of ballot papers at the time of counting

S.75 Equality of votes

S.76 Declaration of results

S.77 Report and publication of the result

S.78 Definitions

S.79 Disputes as to elections

S.80 Election petitions