Print View
[Section Index]
Chapter VII
MISCELLANEOUS
1[91. 2[* * *] Save as otherwise provided, the Commission may-
(a) stop the polls at any polling station 3[or entire constituency, as the case may be,] at any stage of the 4[polling] if it is convinced that it shall not be able to ensure the conduct of the 5[polling] justly, fairly and in accordance with law due to malpractices, including coercion, intimidation and pressures, prevailing at the 6[polling];
7[(aa) withhold the result of any polling station or polling stations, if it is convinced that the result of such polling station or polling stations was grossly prejudiced by malpractices including coercion, intimidation, manipulation or otherwise, and after prompt inquiry of the matter, in a manner as it may deem appropriate, direct publication of the result of such polling station or polling stations or declare the election of any such polling station or polling stations cancelled with direction for holding of a fresh poll in such polling station or polling stations, as that may seem to it to be just and appropriate;]
(b) review an order passed by an officer under this Order or the rules, including rejection or acceptance of a ballot paper; and
(c) issue such instructions and exercise such powers, and make such consequential orders as may, in its opinion, be necessary for ensuring that an election of any polling station is conducted impartially, justly and fairly, and in accordance with the provisions of this Order and the rules.