Section 169 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023:Candidate, electoral right defined.
Candidate, electoral right defined.Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
For the purposes of this Chapter
(a) “candidate” means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election;
(b) “electoral right” means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from
being, a candidate or to vote or refrain from voting at an election.