Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 169
Candidate, electoral right defined
For the purposes of this Chapter— “candidate” means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election; “electoral right” means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate or to vote or refrain from voting at an election.
- (a) “candidate” means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election;
- (b) “electoral right” means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate or to vote or refrain from voting at an election.