Form 2B for Contesting Elections to the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly)
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Here are the details of the nomination papers one will need to file in order to contest elections.
Form 2B: : To contest Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election, one has to apply for nomination form 2B and an affidavit form 26 . Download sample Nomination form 2B from the link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4793-form-2b-nomination-paper-for-contesting-election-to-the-vidhan-sabha-legislative-assembly/. If you are contesting independently, you will need sign of 10 proposers who are registered voters of your constituency in your nomination form 2B.
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Form 26: Download sample affidavit form 26 from link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4763-form-26-affidavit-to-be-submitted-by-candidates-along-with-nomination-paper/
Screenshot below for reference.
These forms are available at the office of Returning Officer of the legislative assembly constituency. One has to pay a nomination fee to avail these forms. The fee amount is Rs 10,000/- for General category and Rs 5000/- for SC/ST candidates .
The forms need to be duly filled and submitted within a date stipulated by Election Commission. Once these forms have been submitted, they are scrutinized. Often incomplete forms are rejected during scrutiny stage. If the form gets approved , then the candidate is ready to contest election.
For reference, you can download nomination form and affidavits submitted during previous Vidhan Sabha elections from the Election Commission Website http://affidavitarchive.nic.in .
Screenshots attached below for reference.
For affidavits filed during recent elections, you can refer to the link https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. Watch this video on How to make sense of contesting candidate's affidavit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuYZXYM4VWU .
Happy Contesting!
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Welcome to my Blog!
Here are the details of the nomination papers one will need to file in order to contest elections.
Form 2B: : To contest Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election, one has to apply for nomination form 2B and an affidavit form 26 . Download sample Nomination form 2B from the link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4793-form-2b-nomination-paper-for-contesting-election-to-the-vidhan-sabha-legislative-assembly/. If you are contesting independently, you will need sign of 10 proposers who are registered voters of your constituency in your nomination form 2B.
Screenshot attached below for reference.
Form 26: Download sample affidavit form 26 from link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4763-form-26-affidavit-to-be-submitted-by-candidates-along-with-nomination-paper/
Screenshot below for reference.
These forms are available at the office of Returning Officer of the legislative assembly constituency. One has to pay a nomination fee to avail these forms. The fee amount is Rs 10,000/- for General category and Rs 5000/- for SC/ST candidates .
The forms need to be duly filled and submitted within a date stipulated by Election Commission. Once these forms have been submitted, they are scrutinized. Often incomplete forms are rejected during scrutiny stage. If the form gets approved , then the candidate is ready to contest election.
For reference, you can download nomination form and affidavits submitted during previous Vidhan Sabha elections from the Election Commission Website http://affidavitarchive.nic.in .
Screenshots attached below for reference.
For affidavits filed during recent elections, you can refer to the link https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. Watch this video on How to make sense of contesting candidate's affidavit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuYZXYM4VWU .
Happy Contesting!
PS: Recommend this article for checklist of documents required. Nicely put.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/factly.in/here-is-the-check-list-of-documents-to-be-submitted-by-candidates-contesting-in-assembly-or-parliament-elections/amp/
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