Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
IX · Section 169

Candidate, electoral right defined

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

For the purposes of this Chapter—

(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.

Judgments on Section 169