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General Instructions

मुख्य पृष्ठ/ अधिनियम एवं नियम/ सामान्य दिशानिर्देश/ सामान्य अनुदेश

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS


COUNTING CENTRES
No person other than candidates, their election/ counting agents, public servants on election duty or persons authorised by Election Commission of NCT of Delhi shall enter the counting premises at the time of counting of Votes.

GENERAL CONDUCT
No party or candidate shall indulge in or commit any activity which is prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony or which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic and disturb or is likely to disturb the public tranquility. (5. 153 A IPC)

Criticism of contesting candidate sponsored by political parties, when made shall be confined to their policies and programme, past record and work, Parties and candidates shall refrain , from criticism of all aspects of private life, not connected with the public activities of the candidate, leaders or workers of parties. Criticism of other candidate or their workers based on unverified allegations or on distortion shall be avoided. (5. 22 (4) DMC Act)

There shall be no appeal by a candidate or by any other person, to vote or refer in from voting on wounds of caste, race, community or religion or the use of or appeal to religious symbols or, the use of or appeal to, national symbols such as the national flag or the national emblem, for the furtherance of the prospects of that candidate's election. (5.22 (3) DMC Act)

All parties and candidates shall avoid scrupulously all activities which are "corrupt practices" and offences under the election law, such as the bribing of voters, intimidation of voters, personation of voters, canvassing within 100 meters of polling station, holding public meetings during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for the close of the poll, and the transport and conveyance of voters to and from polling station. (5. 22 of DMC Act & S. 1 71 >A to 171 IPC)

No candidate, his agent supporter or his worker or worker of a political party shall hold any meeting during course of election, in which intoxication liquors are served. (s.22(6) DMC Act)
No person shall print or publish or cause to be printed or published any election pamphlet, poster, circular, placard etc. which does not bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer and the publisher thereof. (5.22(7) DMC Act)

  • A party or a candidate shall sec -authorities well in time, of the venue and time of any c proposed meeting and to enable the police to accord permission and to make necessary arrangements for controlling traffic and maintaining peace and order.
  • A party or candidate shall ascertain in advance if there are any restrictive or prohibitory orders in force in the place proposed for the meeting. If such orders exist, they shall be followed strictly. If any exemption is required from such orders it shall be applied for and obtained well in time.
  • If permission of licence is to be obtained for the use of loudspeakers or any other facility in connection with any proposed meeting, the party or candidate shall apply to the authority concerned well in advance and obtained such permission or licence.
  • Organisers of a meeting shall invariabley seek the assistance of the police on duty for dealing with persons disturbing a meeting or otherwise attempting to create disorder. Organisers themselves shall not take action against such persons.
  • The tight of every individual for peaceful and undisturved home life shall be respected, however much the political parties or candidates may resent his political opinions or activities. Organising demonstration or picketing before the houses of individuals by way of protesting against their opinions or activities shall not be restored to under any circumstances.
  • No political party or candidate shall permit its or his followers to make use of any individual's land, building, compound wall etc. without his permission for erecting flag-staffs, suspending banners, pasting notices, writing slogans etc.
  • Political parties and candidates shall ensure that their supporters do not create obstructions in or break-up meetings and processions organised by the other parties. Workers or sympathisers of one political party shall not create disturbances at public meetings organised shall by another political party by putting questions orally or in writing or by disturbing leaflets of their f the own party, Processions shall not be taken out by one party along places at which meetings are d on being held by another party. Posters issued by one party shall not be removed by workers of another party.

OBSERVERS

  • The Election Commission is appointing General and Financial Observers to see that the contesting candidates and the political parties do follow these instructions and other rules and regulations pertaining to the elections during the election process. Observers appointed by the Election Commission shall be submitting their day to day report to the Election Commission.
  • (Section 17 of DMC Act).

PARTY IN POWER
The party in power whether at the Centre or in State or States concerned shall ensure that no cause is given for any complaint that it Ms used its official position for the purposes of its election campaign, and in paritcular.

  • a.) The Ministers shall not combine their official Visit With electioneering work and shall not also make use of official machinery or personnel during electioneering work.
  • b.) Government transport including official vehicles or public undertaking. its machinery and personnel shall not be used for furtherance of the interest of the party in power.
  • Public places such as maidans Park or public place etc., for holding election meetings, shall not be monopolised by itself. Other parties and candidates shall be allowed the use of such places and facilities on the same terms and conditions on which they are used by the party in power;
  • Rest houses, dak bungalows or other Government accommodation shall not be monopolised by the party in power or its candidates and such accommodation shall be allowed to be used by other parties and candidates in a fair manner but no party or candidate shall use or be allowed to use such accommodation (including premises appertaining thereto) as a campaign office or for holding any public meeting for the purposes of election propaganda.
  • Issue of advertisement at the cost of public ex-chequer in the news papers and other media and the misuse of official mass-media during the election period for partisan coverage of political news and publicity regarding achievement with a view to furthering the prospects of the party in power shall be scrupulously avoided.
  • Ministers and other authorities shall not sanction grants/payments out of discretionary funds from the time elections are announced by the Commission; and (5. 123(1) 123(2) of RP-Act)
  • From the time the elections are announced by the Commission. Ministers and other authorities shall not-
  • Announce any financial grants in any form or promises thereof; or
  • Lay foundation stones etc. of projects or schemes of any kind; or
  • Make any promise of construction of roads. provision of drinking water facilities etc. or
  • Make any ad hoc appointments in Government. public undertakings etc;
  • Which may have the effect of influencing the voters in favour of the party in power. [5. 123 (2) RP Act]
  • Ministers of Central or State Government shall not enter any polling station or place of counting except in their capacity as a candidate or ,voter or authorized agent. (Rule 37 & 64 of DMC Election of Councillor's Rules)

Dr. Vijay Dev I.A.S.(Retd.)
Election Commissioner of National Capital Territory of Delhi


POLLING BOOTH
The voters, public servants on election duty, persons authorised by Election Commission of NCT of Delhi or a person accompanying blind or infirm elector or a person carrying a child, candidate, his election agent or his polling agent can enter the polling booth.(Rule 37 of DMC (Election of Councillors) Rules 1970).

POLLING DAY
All political parties and candidates shall :-

  • Co-operate with the officers on election duty to ensure peaceful and orderly polling and complete freedom to the voters to exercise their franchise without being subjected to any annoyance or obstruction. (S. 27 DMC Act)
  • Supply to their authorised workers suitable badges or identity cards.
  • Agree that the identity slips supplied by them to voters shall be on plain (white) papers and shall not contain any symbol, name of the candidate or the name of the party.
  • Refrain from serving or distributing liquor to voters or workers of a party or of a candidate on polling day and two days earlier to the poll.
  • Not allow unnecessary crowds to be collected near the camps set up by the political parties and candidates near the polling booths so as to avoid confrontation and tension among workers and sympathisers of the parties and candidate. (S. 25 DMC Act)
  • Ensure that the candidate's camps shall be simple -They shall not display any posters, flags, symbols or any other propaganda material. No eatables shall be served or crowds allowed at the camps; and (S. 25 DMC Act)
  • Co-operate with the authorities in complying with the restrictions to be imposed on the plying of vehicles on the polling day and obtain permits for them which should be displayed prominently on those vehicles. (S. 22(5) DMC Act)

PROCESSIONS

  • A party or candidate organising a procession shall decide before hand the time and place of the starting of the procession the route to be followed mid the time and place at which the procession will terminate. There shall ordinarily beno deviation from the programme.
  • The organisers shall give advance intimation to the local police authorities of the programme so as to enable the state to make necessary arrangements.
  • The organisers shall ascertain if ally restrictive orders are in force in the localities through which the procession has to pass, and shall comply with restrictions unless exempted specially by competent authority. Any traffic the regulations or restrictions shall also be carefully adhered to.
  • The organisers shall take steps in advance to arrange for passage of the procession so that there is no block or hindrance to traffic. If the procession is very long, it shall be organised in segments of suitable lengths, so that at convenient intervals, especially at points where the Ion procession has to pass road junctions, the passage of held-up traffic could be allowed by stages thus avoiding heavy traffic congestion.
  • Processions shall be so regulated as to keep as much to the right of the road as possible my and the direction and advice of the police on duty shall, be strictly complied with.
  • If two or more political parties or candidates propose to take processions over the same route or parts thereof at about the same time, the organisers shall establish contact well in advance and decide upon the measures to be taken to see that the processions do not clash or cause hindrance to traffic. The assistance of the local police shall be availed of for arriving at a satisfactory arrangement. For this purpose the parties shall contact the police at the earliest opportunity.
  • The political parties or candidates shall exercise control to the maximum extent possible in the matter of processionists carrying articles which may be put to misuse by undesirable elements, especially in moments of excitement.
  • The carrying of effigies purporting to represent members of other political parties or pr their leaders, burning such effigies in public and such other forms of demonstration shall not be countenanced by any political party or candidate or his agent.
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