Section 169 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with candidate, electoral right defined. It replaces IPC 171A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
169. 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.
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