SECTION 171A IPC - Indian Penal Code - "Candidate", "Electoral right" defined

Description of IPC Section 171A

According to section 171A of Indian penal code, For the purposes of this Chapter:

1. ?candidate? means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election;
2. ?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.