← Electoral system and the Representation of the People ActsRPA 1950: electoral rolls and allocation of seatsFind a topicSearchThe 1950 Act provides the seat-allocation and constituency frameworkElectoral registration requires citizenship, qualifying age and ordinary residenceFour quarterly qualifying dates determine age eligibility for registrationOrdinary residence is not established merely by owning a houseA person cannot register in multiple constituencies or twice in oneAn eligible citizen abroad may register under the overseas-elector provisionThe electoral roll can undergo ordinary revision or a reasoned special revisionSpecified electoral-roll corrections and deletions require verification and a hearingRoll inclusion and correction pause during the statutory election windowInability to furnish Aadhaar does not alone justify refusing or deleting registrationRegistration decisions have a two-level statutory appeal route
