Security Deposit In Election

With the BJP sweeping the Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, as many as 311 out of the total 369 candidates in the fray lost their security deposits, officials said on Friday.

Out of 265 candidates who contested Lok Sabha elections across 25 constituencies in Gujarat, a staggering 215, including all contestants from the BSP, failed to meet the required vote threshold and consequently lost their security deposits.

All three transgender candidates who contested the Lok Sabha elections have lost their security deposits, highlighting the challenges faced by the community in gaining political representation in the country.

A group of students who were evacuated by the Union government from Ukraine during the country's war with Russia gave money for Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan's security deposit for his candidature in Attingal Lok Sabha consti

A Jabalpur resident planning to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls walked into the collector's office here on Wednesday with Rs 25,000 in coins for payment as security deposit while obtaining the nomination form.

Over 71,000 candidates have lost their security deposit since the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951 for failing to secure a minimum of one-sixth of the total valid votes polled in their respective constituencies.

The Congress has criticised the Election Commission's guidelines on holding elections amid the coronavirus pandemic as "falling far short for the conduct of free, fair and independent elections". Candidates can file nominations and deposit security money online, the Election Commission said in the 12-page document, among other new measures to minim...

As many as 37 candidates, including all the four BSP contestants, lost their security deposit in Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha polls, a state election officer said Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mocked Congress's "dream" of forming a government at the centre and castigated it on national security and Jammu and Kashmir issues, asking people to punish it in such a way that the party would not be able to save its deposits in the Lok Sabha polls.

A candidate from Indore-3 Assembly seat in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh today brought Rs 10,000 in one-rupee coins as security deposit to accompany his nomination papers.

PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif and chairman of the PPP Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari are among the candidates whose security deposit will be forfeited for failing to get 25 per cent of the total votes polled in their constituencies in the July 25 elections, according to a media report today.

Over 70 per cent of the 2,516 candidates, including 40 of the AAP and 92 of the Congress party, lost their security deposit in the Delhi's closely-followed MCD elections. "As many as 1,790 candidates lost their deposit.

As many as 38 of the 270 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates and 92 of the Congress forfeited their security deposits in the Delhi civic polls, State Election Commissioner (SEC) SK Srivastava disclosed on Wednesday.

A Lok Sabha candidate from Nashik in Maharashtra left officials speechless when he paid his security deposit of Rs.12,500 in one, two, five and 10 rupee coins.

With the BJP sweeping the Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, as many as 311 out of the total 369 candidates in the fray lost their security deposits, officials said on Friday.

Out of 265 candidates who contested Lok Sabha elections across 25 constituencies in Gujarat, a staggering 215, including all contestants from the BSP, failed to meet the required vote threshold and consequently lost their security deposits.

All three transgender candidates who contested the Lok Sabha elections have lost their security deposits, highlighting the challenges faced by the community in gaining political representation in the country.

A group of students who were evacuated by the Union government from Ukraine during the country's war with Russia gave money for Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan's security deposit for his candidature in Attingal Lok Sabha consti

A Jabalpur resident planning to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls walked into the collector's office here on Wednesday with Rs 25,000 in coins for payment as security deposit while obtaining the nomination form.

Over 71,000 candidates have lost their security deposit since the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951 for failing to secure a minimum of one-sixth of the total valid votes polled in their respective constituencies.

The Congress has criticised the Election Commission's guidelines on holding elections amid the coronavirus pandemic as "falling far short for the conduct of free, fair and independent elections". Candidates can file nominations and deposit security money online, the Election Commission said in the 12-page document, among other new measures to minim...

As many as 37 candidates, including all the four BSP contestants, lost their security deposit in Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha polls, a state election officer said Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mocked Congress's "dream" of forming a government at the centre and castigated it on national security and Jammu and Kashmir issues, asking people to punish it in such a way that the party would not be able to save its deposits in the Lok Sabha polls.

A candidate from Indore-3 Assembly seat in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh today brought Rs 10,000 in one-rupee coins as security deposit to accompany his nomination papers.

PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif and chairman of the PPP Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari are among the candidates whose security deposit will be forfeited for failing to get 25 per cent of the total votes polled in their constituencies in the July 25 elections, according to a media report today.

Over 70 per cent of the 2,516 candidates, including 40 of the AAP and 92 of the Congress party, lost their security deposit in the Delhi's closely-followed MCD elections. "As many as 1,790 candidates lost their deposit.

As many as 38 of the 270 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates and 92 of the Congress forfeited their security deposits in the Delhi civic polls, State Election Commissioner (SEC) SK Srivastava disclosed on Wednesday.

A Lok Sabha candidate from Nashik in Maharashtra left officials speechless when he paid his security deposit of Rs.12,500 in one, two, five and 10 rupee coins.