Article 21 - Political Parties

Section 1: An association or body of individual citizens of Bharat calling itself a political party and intending to avail itself privileges and authority given to a political party, is required to get it registered with the Election Commission of Bharat to be recognised as registered Political Party.

Section 2: The candidates set up by a political party registered with the Election Commission of Bharat will get preference in the matter of allotment of free symbols vis-à-vis purely independent candidates. Further, registered political parties, in course of time, can get recognition as recognised party of a particular territory, subject to the law made by Union legislature and provision of the constitution. If a political party is recognised for a particular territory, it will be entitled for exclusive allotment of its reserved symbol to the candidates set up by it in that territory.

Section 3: Election commission should not allot any mark as political symbol, which cannot be prohibited, to be carried, inside polling station.

Section 4: The Executive Head of the Political Party should duly authenticate the copy of the party Constitution on each page and the seal of the signatory should be affixed thereon.

Section 5: Three month after the general election organizational election of each political party to be held, this would include election of office-bearers of the party.

Section 6: All posts of office bearer i.e. members of main decision making organs like Executive Committee or Executive council must be elected. Nomination for any post is not allowed under any circumstances.

Section 7: Election for office post should start from lower hierarchy and should go for top hierarchy and must complete before expiration of one year since last election.

Section 8: Normal term of office bearer of a political party should be two year. The President of party and other office bearer should not remain in any post for more than two consecutive terms.

Section 9: A candidate from a political party should be decided by internal election.

Section 10: The Union legislature may by law provide rules and regulations to regulate the internal affairs of the party.

Section 11: A political party shall be treated as a recognised political party of the area, if and only if such party has been engaged in political activity as a registered political party for a continuous period of four years; and has got not less then fifteen percent of valid votes polled by all contesting candidates at such general election of that area and shall be derecognised as Political Party of that area if it fails to get minimum fifteen percent of votes in two consecutive elections.

Section 12: All political parties should maintain a record of money it is receiving, and all such money must provide with receipt.

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