News2News.in Explainer: ‘Accept defeat, I wish the bail was not forfeited’, read why even big leaders get restless

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News2News.in Explainer: ‘Accept defeat, I wish the bail was not forfeited’, read why even big leaders get restless

Every leader wants to avoid forfeiture of security deposit in elections.

Every leader wants to avoid forfeiture of security deposit in elections.

News2News.in Explainer: While the Karnataka Assembly Elections have boosted the confidence of the Congress, the BJP is busy analyzing the reasons for its defeat. There is another party in this episode, which is restless after the Karnataka election results. We are talking about Aam Aadmi Party. This party made its presence felt in every state where it contested the assembly elections, but this is probably the first time that not even a single candidate of this party could save his security deposit. Do you know what it means to be Deposit Forfeited in Election. In today’s News2News.in Explainer, we will not only explain to you the meaning of the word forfeiture of deposit, but will also tell you why the deposit amount of a candidate is forfeited in which situation.

Deposits of 208 AAP candidates forfeited   

Karnataka has a total of 224 assembly seats. The Congress won 136 of these 224 seats, while the BJP could win only 66 seats. Talking about the Aam Aadmi Party, candidates were fielded on 208 out of the total 224 seats. But not a single candidate could save his deposit. However, AAP leaders say that the vote share of the Aam Aadmi Party has increased in Karnataka.

Then why this uneasiness when bail is forfeited?

When any candidate wants to contest the election, the first thing he has to do is fill the nomination papers. At the time of filling the form, the candidate has to deposit the security amount. The Election Commission makes the candidate deposit a fixed amount, which is called the security deposit. The security deposit varies from election to election. From the Panchayat elections to the Presidential elections also, the candidate has to deposit the security amount. Like the security deposit, the Election Commission also fixes the number of votes. The Election Commission confiscates the security deposit of those who get less votes than the votes fixed by the Election Commission.

Understand the formula to save bail

According to the rules of the Election Commission, when a candidate does not get 1/6 of the total votes polled in the seat i.e. 16.66%, then his deposit is forfeited. The same rule applies from Panchayat elections to the election of President and Vice President. A candidate contesting the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections has to secure 1/6th of the votes even to save his deposit.

Under what circumstances the security deposit is returned

The security deposit of the candidate is forfeited if he fails to secure the votes as prescribed by the Election Commission. However, there are some situations in which the security deposit is returned to the candidate. Read below which are those situations…

  • When a candidate gets 1/6th of the total votes or more votes, his security deposit is returned by the Election Commission.
  • The deposit amount is also returned to the candidate who wins the election, even if he gets less than 1/6th of the votes.
  • When a candidate withdraws his nomination or nomination is cancelled, the security deposit is returned in these cases also.
  • As per the rules of the Election Commission, if a candidate dies before the commencement of voting, the security deposit is returned to his family members.

How much deposit amount in which election

In the Lok Sabha elections, a general category candidate has to deposit a security deposit of Rs 25,000. Whereas, for SC and ST candidates, this amount is Rs 12,500. In the assembly elections, the amount of security deposit for general category candidates is Rs 10,000, while SC and ST candidates have to deposit Rs 5,000.

The amount of security deposit is the same for all categories in the election of President and Vice President. For the election of President and Vice President, the candidate has to deposit Rs 15,000 as security deposit. The deposit amount for the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections is mentioned in the Representatives of the People’s Act, 1951, while the deposit amount for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections is mentioned in the President and Vice President Election Act, 1952.

In the three-tier panchayat elections, the candidate has to deposit Rs 50 to Rs 500 as security deposit. A general category candidate contesting the election of a ward member has to deposit a security deposit of Rs 100. At the same time, ST, ST and women candidates of any caste have to deposit Rs 50. General caste candidate contesting for the post of Mukhiya or Panchayat Samiti member has to deposit Rs 250 and ST, SC women candidate for the same post has to deposit Rs 125 as security amount. The general candidate of the Zilla Parishad member has to deposit Rs 500, while the female, ST-SC candidate has to deposit Rs 250 as security deposit.

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