One excluded candidate can void election, law states

The Representation of the People Act, 1950 is an Indian law governing electoral processes, including seat allocation, delimitation of constituencies, and electoral roll preparation. It matters to citizens as it defines how elections are conducted and who is eligible to vote.

All Indian citizens eligible to vote in parliamentary and state legislative elections, as defined by the Act's provisions on electoral rolls and constituency boundaries.

• The Act provides for allocation of seats in the House of the People (Parliament) and State Legislative Assemblies.
• It defines 'Parliamentary constituency' as a constituency for elections to the House of the People.
• It specifies that every parliamentary constituency shall be a single-member constituency.
• It outlines the total number of seats in Legislative Assemblies and Assembly Constituencies, including reserved seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
• It states that the extent of assembly constituencies shall be determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 1972, except for Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh which have specific provisions.

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