Section 67: Contested election and allotment of symbols

67. Contested election and allotment of symbols.—(1) If after withdrawal, if any, there are more than one contesting candidates in the constituency, the Returning Officer shall allot, subject to any direction of the Commission, one of the prescribed symbols to each contesting candidate. (2) A candidate nominated by a political party at an election in any constituency shall be allotted the symbol allocated by the Commission to that political party under the provisions of Chapter XII and no other symbol. (3) A candidate not nominated by any political party (hereinafter called as “independent candidate”) shall choose and shall be allotted one of the symbols not allocated to any political party, in the following manner— (a) where a symbol has been chosen by only one independent candidate, that symbol shall be allotted to that candidate and to no one else; (b) if a symbol is chosen by more than one independent candidates and one of them has previously been a Member of the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly, such symbol shall be allotted to that former Member; and (c) if more than one independent candidates have given preference for the same symbol, that symbol shall be allotted by drawing of lots. (4) No symbol shall be allotted to any candidate other than the prescribed symbols. (5) In every constituency where election is contested, different symbol shall be allotted to each contesting candidate.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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