{"id":2240,"date":"2024-04-26T03:50:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:50:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:20:23","slug":"q-for-election-to-the-lok-sabha-a-nomination-paper-can-be-filed-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-for-election-to-the-lok-sabha-a-nomination-paper-can-be-filed-by","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>anyone residing in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contested.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>any citizen of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-662acf42cbfe4\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anyone who is\u00a0<strong>25 years of age or older\u00a0<\/strong>is eligible to contest an election to a Lok Sabha seat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The candidate must be a registered elector of a constituency and a citizen of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, if she\/he is a registered voter in a particular state, she\/he can contest from\u00a0<strong>any seat in any state.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The candidate cannot be nominated if they have been convicted for some offense and are in prison, or if s\/he is out on bail, pending disposal of his\/her appeal.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the time of filing a nomination, every candidate has to make a security deposit of Rs 25,000 for the Lok Sabha election.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes\u00a0have to pay only half the amount, Rs 12,500, as the deposit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Checklist-of-documents-required-874x1024.png\" alt=\"Checklist of documents required\" class=\"wp-image-50755\" style=\"width:749px;height:auto\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: indian polity 2017 2\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Checklist of documents required<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(c) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency. 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