Section 98: Declaration of results

98. Declaration of results.— (1) On receipt of the Final Consolidated Result from the Returning Officer, the Commission shall, within fourteen days from the date of the poll, publish in the official Gazette the name of the contesting candidate who has received the highest number of votes and stands elected. (2) The Commission shall also publish in the official Gazette the name of each contesting candidate and the total number of votes received by him as in the Final Consolidated Result. (3) Every returned candidate shall, within ten days from the poll of an election, submit a return of election expenses under section 134 and the Commission shall not notify in the official Gazette the result of a returned candidate who fails to submit his return of election expenses. (4) The Commission shall place the documents mentioned in sub-sections (1) and (2) on its website within two days from the date of the publication of the name of the returned candidate in the official Gazette.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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