For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

UPSC Civil Services (Prelims) General Studies Official Paper-I (Held In: 2017)

Anyone residing in India.
A resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contested.
Any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.
Any citizen of India.

Answer 1

The correct answer is any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.

Key Points

Anyone who is 25 years of age or older is eligible to contest an election to a Lok Sabha seat.
The candidate must be a registered elector of a constituency and a citizen of India. Hence Option 3 is correct.
However, if she/he is a registered voter in a particular state, she/he can contest from any seat in any state.
The candidate cannot be nominated if they have been convicted for some offense and are in prison, or if s/he is out on bail, pending disposal of his/her appeal.
At the time of filing a nomination, every candidate has to make a security deposit of Rs 25,000 for the Lok Sabha election.
Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have to pay only half the amount, Rs 12,500, as the deposit.