Indian Penal Code, 1860
171A.
"Candidate", "Electoral right" defined
For the purposes of
this Chapter-
91 [(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 any
election.