The party must win at least 2% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha (currently 11 seats) and these seats must come from at least three different states.
All candidates and all political parties have to submit a clear statement of their poll expenditure within 90 days of the completion of the polling to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
In today's hearing, the Supreme Court emphasized the paramount importance of maintaining the sanctity of the electoral process. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta urged the Election Commission of India to elucidate the meticulous measures take
The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is a set of regulations that are issued by the Election Commission of India to monitor the conduct of all political parties and their candidates in the run-up to polls.
However, the second list includes 13 seats from Assam, 10 seats from Madhya Pradesh, 10 seats from Rajasthan, 7 seats from Gujarat, 3 from Uttarakhand, and one seat from Daman and Diu.