Indian Penal Code, 1860
Chapter IXA - Of Offences Relating to Elections
IPC Section 171A
“Candidate”, “Electoral right” defined.
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.