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Revision note: Electoral Laws, Anti-defection and Electoral Reforms

  • Arts 324–329; Art 325 one roll; Art 326 adult suffrage; Art 329 bar on courts – election petition in HC
  • RPA 1950 (seats, rolls) vs RPA 1951 (conduct, disqualification, corrupt practices s.123, s.126 silence 48 h, max 2 seats)
  • Expenditure limits: ₹95 lakh LS, ₹40 lakh assembly (large states)
  • Tenth Schedule (52nd Amdt 1985): voluntary exit, defying whip; merger 2/3; split deleted (91st Amdt 2003)
  • Kihoto Hollohan 1992: judicial review; Keisham 2020: 3 months; Subhash Desai 2023: party appoints whip
  • Electoral bonds struck down Feb 2024; ONOE – Kovind Committee 2024; 129th Amdt Bill with JPC
Revision card summarising Electoral Laws, Anti-defection and Electoral Reforms
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