01.
Do familiarise yourself
with the constitutional and legal provisions relating to elections.
02.
Do check up with the latest Delimitation Order relating to your constituency.
03.
Do make it a point to obtain the electoral roll of your constituency and have it
checked up.
04.
Do check up your name and the particulars in the current electoral roll well
before deciding to stand for
election.
05.
Do check up that you are qualified to stand for election.
06.
Do check up that you are not disqualified from standing for election.
07.
Do check up the nomination form to ensure that it is in the prescribed form
(Forms 2-A or 2-B).
08.
Do present the nomination form personally or send it through your proposer.
09.
Do check up that the proposer(s) is a voter in the constituency from which you are seeking election.
10.
Do file a certified copy of the electoral roll containing your name, if you are
a candidate from a
different constituency.
11.
Do collect the receipt for the nomination paper.
12.
Do make it a point to attend the scrutiny of nominations personally.
13.
Do check up that your name appears in the list of valid nominations, if your
nomination has been
accepted.
14.
Do check up that your name is correctly entered in the list of validly nominated
candidates.
15.
Do check up that your name and other particulars in the list of contesting
candidates, if you have not
withdrawn your candidature.
16.
Do find out the hours of poll as notified.
17.
Do appoint the election agent in proper form and well in time.
18.
Do check up that your election agent is not disqualified for voting at elections
or for being a Member of
Parliament or any State Legislature.
19.
Do get a copy of the list of polling stations and check it up.
20.
Do appoint polling agents
in proper form for each and every polling station well in time.
21.
Do provide copies of electoral roll to your polling agents.
22.
Do appoint counting agents in proper form for each and every counting table and
one extra agent well
in time.
23.
Do make it a point to attend counting personally.
24.
Do report immediately to above authorities or the Returning Officer the
instances which have come to
your knowledge about the publication of election
pamphlets or posters in contravention of the above
requirements of law.
25.
Do attend the meetings of the Constituency Committee constituted by the
Returning Officer for
ensuring the observance of Model Code of Conduct for
guidance of political parties and candidates as
devised by the Election Commission.
26.
Do report the instances of violation of the above said Model Code of Conduct
that have come to your
notice for necessary remedial or punitive action.
27.
Do maintain proper accounts about election expenses from the date of your
nomination as a candidate
to the date of election in the Register specifically
provided to you by the Returning officer for the
purpose.
28. Do attend with your agents the training rehearsals arranged by the Returning
Officer.
