General Election 16th Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim 2014 and Bye-Elections

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.... Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim 2014 an some bye elections vide its press not no. ECI/PN/fo/2014 dated 06.03.2014. (available on Commission's website www.eci.nic.in under the heading current elections) Instances have been reported to the Commission and in Media that a large sum of undisclosed cash and other articles are distributed and innovative methods are adopted to camouflage constitution election expenditure by the voters are mostly out of undisclosed income of. 2. The Election Commission of India is seized with the matter and has set up elaborate mechanism to check excess expenditure made by the candidates during elections. A copy of "Compendium of Instructions on Election Expenditure Monitoring (January, 2014)" is....

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.... of electors. The Central Room telephone number shall be advertised by the Department and the CEO. The Income Tax Investigation Directorate, on the basis of information or complaint, shall conduct independent enquiry against any person and DEO shall take steps to provide security personnel enabling them to take necessary action. The outcome of the enquiry by the Income Tax Investigation Directorate shall be reported to the Commission with copy to the CEOs of the respective States. (c) The teams of Investigation Directorate/Income Tax officials shall station themselves at such sensitive places in the district, after date of notification of elections and gather intelligence independently on black money and take action as per the Inco....

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.... send the assets information about the candidates after the filing of nomination. (g) Besides the above the investigation Directorate shall download from CEO website the copies of affidavits declaring assets and liabilities by the candidates. The Investigation Directorate shall verify the information in the affidavits and the report shall be sent to the Commission where any suppression of Information about assets or liability is noticed as per the principles laid down by the Commission in consultaion with Member (Inv.) CBDT. In any case, the Investigation report regarding the assets should be sent not later than 6 months from the date of poll. (h) If any information pertaining to election expenses by any candidate or polit....