Kerala Panchayat Raj (Election of President and Vice President) Rules, 1995
(1) The seats of President reserved for women or the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, under sub-section (3) of section 153 in a general election to Village Panchayats or Block Panchayats of District Panchayats in the State shall not be reserved to the same Panchayats in the succeeding general election.
(2) The 1[State Election Commission shall notify] the reserved seats before issuing the notification of the general election under sub-section (2) of section 38.
The Secretary concerned shall report to the State Election Commission the casual vacancy occurring in the office of the President or Vice-President of the Panchayat within one week from the occurrence of the vacancy.
(1) The election of President or Vice-President or both shall be held in a meeting of the elected members of the Panchayat specially convened for this purpose by the Returning Officer and such meeting shall, as far as possible, be held in the office of the concerned Panchayat.
(2) Such meeting shall be convened, in the case of an ordinary vacancy, within three weeks from the date of publication of the names of members by the State Election Commission and in the case of the casual vacancy, as soon as after the occurrence of the vacancy, on such date as may be fixed by the State Election Commission.
(3) The Returning Officer shall give notice regarding the place date and time of the meeting to the members at least seven clear days before the day of meeting and shall exhibit a copy of such notice in the notice board of the Panchayat concerned.
1A[Provided that in the case of election of the President and the Vice-President conducted for the first time af
In the meeting summoned by the Returning Officer under sub-rule (2)of Rule 5, if at least half the number of members of the concerned Panchayat who have the right to vote are not present, the meeting shall be postponed to be held at the same time for the next working day and the election shall be conducted in the meeting so convened without insisting the quorum.]
(1) In the case of election of the President or Vice-President, as the case may be, a member shall nominate another member of the Panchayat concerned as a candidate and yet another member shall support it, and in case the person nominated is not present, a consent of the person so nominated agreeing to be a such a candidate shall also be produced:
Provided that a member shall not either propose or support more than one name.
3[Provided further that, in the case where, the places of President have been reserved for women or for scheduled caste and scheduled tribes or for their women under Section 153, it shall not be mandatory that such a member shall be proposed as a candidate by another member and seconded by yet another member].
(2) The Returning Officer shall, in the meeting read out the names of the candidates found to have been duly nominated on scrutiny and the names of their proposers and supporters.
(3) No member, who has no
(1) If there is only one candidate duly nominated to the office of the President or Vice-President, as the case may be, no voting shall be conducted and the returning officer shall declare that candidate to have been elected as President or Vice-President, as the case may be.
(2) If there are more than one candidate for one office voting shall be conducted as per rule 9.
(1) The Returning Officer shall supply to each member wishing to vote in the election of president or vice-president, as the case may be, a ballot paper in Form I.
(2) The ballot paper shall contain the names of all contesting candidates on one side and the seal and full signature of the Returning Officer on the reverse side.
4[(3) Every member shall, immediately on receipt of the ballot paper put the mark 'X' on the ballot paper against the name of the candidate for whom he intends to vote and hand over the ballot paper to the Returning Officer after writing his name and signature on the reverse side of the ballot paper]
5[x x x x (4) (5) (6)]
(7) After the polling is over, the Returning Officer shall, in the presence of the members, 6[count the ballot papers, declare as to which candidate each member has recorded his vote, then count the votes secured by each candidate] and declare the result in the following manner, nam
A ballot paper which does not bear the seal and signature of the Returning Officer as specified under sub-rule (2) of rule 9 or the mark 'X' as specified under sub-rule (3) of the said rule or the name and signature of the member who has voted or on which 'X' is marked against the names of more than one candidates shall be rejected as invalid].
The Returning Officer shall, immediately after declaring the result of the election at the meeting, publish the result in the notice board of the concerned Panchayat and inform the State Election Commission.
(2) The State Election Commission shall notify the result of election of President and Vice-President in the Gazette.
(1) The Returning Officer shall, seal in separate covers the ballot papers whether counted or rejected as the case may be, in each stage and record on each packet the number of papers it contains and the election to which it relates.
(2) The Returning Officer shall hand over the sealed and recorded packets under sub-rule (1) to the Secretary of the Panchayat concerned who shall keep it in safe custody.
(3) Such packets shall not be opened, its contents inspected or presented, 10[except under the orders of the competent court having the authority to dispose of the disputes regarding the validity of election or of the State Election Commission, as the case may be]
(4) The Secretary shall destroy such packets a period of one year, if not 11[otherwise ordered by a competent court or the state Election Commission.]
FORM1
[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 9]
BALLOT PAPER
SI. No | Name of candidate | Marking of vote |
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the Notification , but is intended to indicate its general purpose.) The Government have decided that some amendments are necessary in the provision of the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Election of President and Vice President) Rules, 1995 regarding the
In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) 'Act' means the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994);
(b) 'Form' means a form appended to these rules;
(c) 'Section' means a section of the Act;
(d) 'Returning Officer' means the officer designated or nominated by the State Election Commission under sub-section (6) of section 153;
(e) Words and expressions used and not defined in these rules, but defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
(1) These rules may be called the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Election of President and Vice President) Rules, 1995.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
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