Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson

For Returning Officers · Municipal General Election 2026 (Rajasthan)

Poll: Chairperson 21.09.2026 · Vice-Chairperson 22.09.2026 (Press Note 6722 dated 19.08.2026)

Source: Manual of Municipal Election Law (As on 01.01.2026) — Rajasthan Municipalities (Election) Rules, 1994, Chapter IV (rules 78, 78-A) and Chapter V (rules 79 to 97). Printed pages 111–116, page images _r/gap/MAN_p120.png to MAN_p125.png.

✅ I read these pages myself from the page images — not from an agent summary. ✅ Every rule of Chapters IV and V (78 to 97) has now been read. ✅ Schedules I to VIII have now been read too — printed pp. 117–121, see §7-A. 🚨 One new thing came out of them — the ballot paper (Schedule IV) carries a NOTA row.

📌 This is the English parallel of अध्यक्षीय एवं उपाध्यक्षीय पदों का निर्वाचन. The two are maintained as separate sets, not as translations of one another. Where rule text is reproduced below it is the original English of the Manual, verbatim.

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§1 — 🚨 First things first: this election is INDIRECT

Rule 78(1): "The office of the Chairperson of a Municipality shall be filled by a person chosen by elected members of the Municipality." Explanation: "'Elected member' means a member elected from a ward of the Municipality."

Corroboration: the Commission's Order 1891 dated 18.02.2026 says the same — that elections to municipal chairperson posts are to be held by the indirect method, and that because member seats are filled directly, the postal ballot is to be printed for the member post only.

⛔ No EVM is used in the chairperson / vice-chairperson election. It is conducted with ballot papers and a ballot box.

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§2 — Eligibility for the office of Chairperson [rule 78(2)–(5)]

🚨 Sub-rule (4) is the single most-missed point at the nomination counter. A sitting MP, MLA, or a member or chairperson of a Panchayati Raj institution is simply not eligible for the chairperson post.

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§3 — 🚨 Security deposit — separate from, and far higher than, the member post

Rule 78(6)(i)–(iii) — a nomination paper is not valid unless the receipt of the deposit is attached:

⚠️ Do not confuse these with the member-post deposits (rule 22 — ₹2,000 / ₹4,000 / ₹6,000). They are entirely different figures. (Original text verified on printed pp. 111–112 · images MAN_p120.png, MAN_p121.png)

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§4 — Chairperson: programme and procedure [rule 78(6)(iv)–(xv)]

Rule 78(6): "The provisions of the rule 10 to 23, 56, 71 to 75, 86, 87 and 88 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election of a Chairperson, subject to following modifications."

4.1 The programme is counted from the date of the member result

4.2 Nomination

✅ Order 1364 dated 04.02.2026 (S.O. 154/2026) prescribes the form of the ballot paper for the chairperson post — this is the discharge of item (ix). (Compendium order serial 63)

4.3 🚨 The meeting notice — what the RO must put on the notice board [item (xi)]

Immediately after the expiry of the time fixed for withdrawal, the RO shall affix on the notice board of the Municipality a notice of the meeting stating —

4.4 Extending or closing the poll early [item (xii)]

"the Returning Officer may extend time for poll, if necessary, or may declare the poll as finally concluded earlier in case all the elected member holding office have voted"

4.5 🚨 Oath [item (xiii)]

"a person or elected person after chosen as Chairperson of a Municipality shall hold his office after taking oath before the Collector or his nominee in form prescribed under rule 69"

The rule 69 oath includes the cleanliness pledge — "I will devote 100 hours per year, that is two hours per week, to voluntarily work for cleanliness" and "I will encourage 100 other persons to take this pledge". ✅ Commission's Order 4146 dated 21.10.2019 (oath of the elected chairperson and members) — Compendium order serial 65.

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§5 — Casual vacancy in the office of Chairperson [rule 78-A]

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§6 — Election of the Vice-Chairperson [Chapter V, rules 79–97]

6.1 When the meeting is held [rule 79]

Chairperson result 21.09.2026 → Vice-Chairperson meeting 22.09.2026 ✅

6.2 🚨 The whole programme in a single day [rule 80]

Immediately on declaring the result of the Chairperson's election, the RO shall affix the notice of the meeting on the notice board, stating —

Proviso: "the Returning Officer may extend time for poll, if necessary, or may declare the poll as finally concluded earlier in case all the members holding office have voted"

✅ This matches the vice-chairperson table of Press Note 6722 word for word.

6.3 Nomination [rule 81]

6.4 Scrutiny [rule 82] — only two grounds of rejection

(1) The candidate or his proposer may attend at the appointed time; the RO shall give him all reasonable facilities for examining all nomination papers.

(2) The RO shall decide objections and may reject a nomination only on these two grounds —

🚨 Proviso: "the nomination of a candidate shall not be rejected merely on the ground of incorrect description of his name or of the name of his proposer or of any other particulars … if the identity of the candidate or proposer … can otherwise be established beyond reasonable doubt"

(3) The RO shall endorse his decision on each nomination paper; where he rejects one, he shall record a brief statement of his reasons in writing.

6.5 List, and withdrawal [rules 83, 84]

• 83 — the list of validly nominated candidates is drawn up in Schedule III and put on the notice board
• 84(1) — withdrawal is by a notice in writing in the form of Schedule III-A, before the time fixed under rule 80(c) [2.00 P.M.], and delivered to the Returning Officer personally
• 84(2) — 🚨 a person who has given a notice of withdrawal cannot cancel it
• 84(3) — the RO shall arrange the names in the alphabetical order of the Hindi alphabet in Devanagari script, prepare the list of contesting candidates in Schedule III-B, and affix it on the notice board
• Explanation — 🚨 the alphabetical order goes by the candidates' names, not by their surnames

⚠️ Note the difference from the member post. Withdrawal for the member post (rule 16) has three routes (candidate · proposer · an authorised person if the candidate is in prison or custody). For the vice-chairperson post, rule 84(1) says "deliver the same to the returning officer personally." Do not conflate the two.

6.6 Whether a poll is needed [rule 85]

6.7 Procedure at the poll [rule 86]

🔴 Printing defect (recorded, not altered): on printed page 115 of the Manual, sub-rule (8) appears as "Every person wishing to record his vote shall do in person can be introduced therein but cannot be withdrawn." — i.e. the tail of sub-rule (7) has been repeated into (8). The intended text is plainly "…shall do so in person." This is a printing error in the Manual, not in the law.

6.8 Counting and result [rule 87]

(1) The RO shall scrutinise the ballot papers and separate the valid from the invalid, endorsing on each invalid paper the word "rejected" and the ground of rejection.

(2) Four grounds of invalidity —

(3) A ballot paper not rejected shall be counted as one valid vote (4) 🚨 In the case of an equality of votes — the RO shall forthwith decide by lot between those candidates, and proceed as if the candidate on whom the lot falls had received an additional vote (5) The candidate securing the highest number of votes shall be declared elected (6) The result of the election of the Vice-Chairperson shall be declared in the form of Schedule VI

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6.9 Record of proceedings and publication of the result [rule 88]

Immediately after the declaration of the result, the Returning Officer shall —

The copy goes to four places:

6.10 Packing and custody of records [rule 89]

6.11 🚨 Rules 90 to 94 — DELETED

All five deleted by notification No. F.8(ga)( ) Rules/DLB/19/23179 dated 31.01.19, published in the Rajasthan Gazette Extraordinary Part 6(A) dated 01-02-2019.

✅ What this means — and it simplifies the training considerably: There used to be five separate rules for Vice-Chairman / President / Vice-President / Mayor / Deputy Mayor. They have all been removed, and the generic Chapter V rules 79–89 on the "Vice-Chairperson" now govern all three types of bodies. One procedure for all three, whatever the office is called.

6.12 Casual vacancy in the office of Vice-Chairperson [rule 95]

6.13 🚨 First meeting [rule 96]

"The meeting held for the election of the Chairperson of a municipality shall be the first meeting of the municipality."

That is, the meeting at which the Chairperson is elected is itself the first meeting of the Municipality — no separate "first meeting" is convened.

6.14 Removal of difficulties [rule 97]

"If any difficulty arises in the implementation of these rules, the State Election Commission or any authority directed by it, may by an order in writing give directions as may appear necessary to it for the removal of any such difficulty."

(This is the power under which the Commission issued the indelible-ink order 2205 dated 04.07.2019 and the preventive-detention order 1418 dated 05.02.2026.)

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§7 — Map of the Schedules (vice-chairperson election)

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§7-A — 🚨 Schedules I to VIII — now read (22.08.2026)

Source: Manual, printed pages 117–121 (PDF pp. 126–130) — read by me. §9 recorded these as "unread"; that is no longer true.

🚨 The most important find — NOTA is on the ballot paper

Schedule IV (ballot paper, rule 86(3)) is laid out as:

🚨 The NOTA row was inserted by notification dated 11.07.2014. Earlier versions of this module never mentioned NOTA at all — that was my omission, now corrected.

Schedule VIII (record of proceedings) carries a NOTA row too — so NOTA votes are counted and recorded.

At the head of the ballot paper: "Sign. and Seal of R.O." — rule 86(3)'s authentication requirement is printed into the form itself.

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The verified map of the schedules

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Schedule I (nomination form) — seven fields and three blocks

Fields: 1. full name of candidate · 2. father's or husband's name · 3. age · 4. sex · 5. caste · 6. address · 7. full name and address of the proposer

⚠️ Schedule I says "the Act, 1959" — do NOT "correct" it

The candidate's declaration reads "…I do not hold any of the disqualifications enumerated in the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959…"

The Act in force is the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 (Act 18 of 2009).

🚨 But this is not a stray slip in one form — it is how the 1994 Rules are built. They were framed under the 1959 Act, so 1959 references survive throughout (for example rule 13(5) likewise refers to "section 18 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959 (38 of 1959)").

➡ Have the form filled in exactly as printed. Do not alter it as "wrong". If a candidate asks, explain that the disqualifications today come from section 24 of the 2009 Act, and the older reference survives by operation of repeal and savings.

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Schedule III-A (withdrawal) — "personally" is printed into the form

The RO's endorsement reads:

"This notice was delivered to me in my office at …(hour) on …(date) by Shri … the candidate personally."

✅ This confirms rule 84(1) as recorded at §6.5 — for the vice-chairperson post there is no proposer route for withdrawal. The form itself bears this out.

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Schedule VII — the five causes of a casual vacancy are printed in the form

"…to fill the vacancy of Vice-Chairman caused by the resignation / death / removal / passing of no-confidence motion against / election has been rendered void of Shri …"

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Schedule VIII (record of proceedings) — what the RO must fill in

🚨 Schedule VIII names all six offices together — "Chairman/Vice-Chairperson/President/ Vice-President/Mayor/Deputy Mayor" — which confirms §6.11: with rules 90–94 deleted, Chapter V governs all three types of body. (Amended by notification No. F.8(ga)( ) Rules/DLB/19/33841 dated 16.10.19)

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🔎 A small printing inconsistency (recorded, not altered)

Schedule VI is headed "Vice-Chairperson", but the operative sentence of the same form reads "…duly elected to fill the office of Vice-Chairman…". A printing inconsistency, not a defect in the law — use the form exactly as printed.

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§7-B — 🚨 Order 1607 dated 11.02.2026 — directions for the vice-chairperson election (read 22.08.2026)

No. F. 1(4)(1)नपा/रानिआ/14/1607, dated 11.02.2026 — to all District Election Officers (Municipalities) Subject: Municipal elections — directions for the election to vice-chairperson posts Source: Compendium, order (67), printed p. 278 — I read the page image myself (This is Compendium Part 12, which §9 of this module recorded as "agent draft, not verified by me".)

🚨 This order supersedes the earlier letter 3564 dated 23.09.2019 and takes effect immediately.

1. 🚨 The most practical point — no election symbol goes in the "Vote Mark" column

"In the ballot paper form, the election symbol shall NOT be entered in the 'Vote Mark' column; rather the mark by which the voting members record their vote — that is, the cross mark — shall be placed there."

🚨 This is easy to get wrong. Reading "Vote Mark", an RO may assume the election symbol belongs there. That column is for the voter, not for the candidate. (It matches rule 86(4) at §6.7 — the member places a mark of cross with the instrument supplied by the RO.)

2. The ballot paper form was never prescribed in the Rules — the Commission supplied it

Rule 86(3) says the ballot paper shall be in the form of Schedule 4 — "but no form has in fact been prescribed for this in the rules." To remove that practical difficulty —

⚠️ Two different orders — 1357 for the vice-chairperson, 1364 for the chairperson. Do not merge them.

3. 🚨 Two more forms the Rules never prescribed — the Commission made model forms

"For the election to vice-chairperson posts the Returning Officer will need a list of the members elected from the wards and a notice for the meeting of the elected members. … No form is prescribed in the rules. The Commission has therefore prepared model forms."

➡ The meeting notice at §6.2 is to be issued on these model forms — do not draft your own.

4. ✅ The puzzle of the schedules is solved — the 2019 amendment

Order (67) records that rule 14 of the Rajasthan Municipalities (Election) (Amendment) Rules, 2019, issued under Autonomous Government Department notification No. 23179 dated 31.01.2019 —

✅ This is exactly what I saw on the pages at §7-A — Schedules I to VII naming only the Vice-Chairperson, and Schedule VIII naming all six offices. Now the source is known too. (It is the same notification 23179 of 31.01.2019 that deleted rules 90–94 — see §6.11.)

🚨 And it supplies context: that notification was issued "for chairperson posts to be elected by the DIRECT method". The position today is different — under order 1891 dated 18.02.2026 the chairperson election is INDIRECT (see §1). The later document prevails.

Enclosures that travel with this order

1. Schedules 1 to 8
2. The ballot paper form (Appendix-1)
3. Forms for the members' list and the meeting notice (Appendices 2 and 3)

⚠️ I read only the first page of order (67) (printed 278). Its enclosures — the specimen ballot and the two model forms — are on printed p. 279 onward and I have not opened those pages. Open them before use.

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§7-C — 🚨 Order 5164 dated 15.11.2019 — directions for the chairperson election (read 22.08.2026)

No. F 1(4)(1)न.पा./रानिआ/14/5164, dated 15.11.2019 Reference: Local Bodies Department notification P.8(Ga)( ) Rules/DLB/19/33841 dated 16.10.2019 Source: Compendium, order (60), printed p. 251 — I read the page image myself

🚨 1. Reserved post → a caste certificate must be attached to the nomination paper

Item 5: "Where the office of Chairperson is reserved for a caste or class … only a candidate of that caste and class shall be eligible … For this purpose the candidate must attach, with the nomination paper, a copy of the caste certificate issued by the competent authority of the State Government."

➡ Add this documentary requirement alongside the reservation condition at §2 — it was not in this module before. (The same requirement for the member post is at rule 12(8).)

2. 🚨 Seven forms deleted — they belonged to the direct chairperson election

Notification 33841 dated 16.10.2019 —

⚠️ If older material refers to Forms 9A/10A/14CC/17A/19A/20A/21A — they no longer exist.

3. ✅ What it confirms in this module

⚠️ I read only the first page of order (60) (printed 251). The order runs to printed pp. 251–262 (12 pages) and encloses a copy of notification 33841. The remaining 11 pages are not yet opened.

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§7-D — 🚨 The ballot papers — the chairperson's and the vice-chairperson's are DIFFERENT (read 22.08.2026)

I read both orders myself from the page images — Compendium orders (63) and (64), printed pp. 265 and 269.

🚨 First, the thing that matters most — one carries election symbols, the other does not

🚨 This is where the wrong ballot gets printed. The chairperson's ballot needs symbols; the vice-chairperson's must not have them. (It is logical too — any eligible person may contest the chairperson post, whereas only elected members, known to everyone, contest the vice-chairperson post.)

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Chairperson ballot — the full specification in order 1364 (10 points)

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Vice-chairperson ballot — the specification in order 1357 (5 points)

Why it was issued: rule 86(3) says the ballot shall follow Schedule IV, "but nothing is made clear about the size of the ballot paper or the space for the candidates' panels" — so the order issues under rule 97.

✅ Point 2 independently confirms the §7-A finding that NOTA appears on the Schedule IV ballot.

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⚠️ The measurements are NOT the same — check before printing

🚨 Do not apply one post's specification to the other.

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§7-E — 🚨 Orders 1381 (meeting notice) and 1374 (result documents) (read 22.08.2026)

1. Order 1381 dated 04.02.2026 — notice of the chairperson election meeting

Compendium order (62), printed p. 264 — I read the page image myself Supersedes the earlier order 4930 dt 11.11.2019.

✅ It confirms §4.3 word for word — the order reproduces rule 78(6)(xi) verbatim: (a) 10.00 AM to 02.00 PM as the hours of Poll · (b) counting immediately after completion of poll · (c) every contesting candidate … entitled to attend … However only elected member is entitled to cast his vote in the meeting.**

🚨 New — the Commission has its own form for the meeting notice

"So that there is uniformity in the form of the notice for the meeting of elected members for the chairperson election … the Commission has prepared a form and is sending it enclosed with this letter."

⚠️ Do not draft your own. The two posts have different forms — Chairperson: the form enclosed with order 1381 · Vice-chairperson: Appendices 2 and 3 of order 1607 (members' list and meeting notice) — see §7-B

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2. 🚨 Order 1374 dated 04.02.2026 (S.O. 155/2026) — within three days of the result

Compendium order (66), printed p. 273 — I read the page image myself Supersedes the earlier order 4228 dt 21.10.2019 (S.O. 126/2019).

Under rule 68 read with rule 72 — so that the names of elected members can be published in the Gazette, the RO shall send the following to the Commission 🚨 within three days of the declaration of results:

🚨 Before sending, the RO must ensure every document bears his signature, name, designation and seal. The DEO must also ensure the RO has sent them within the time limit.

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§7-F — 🚨 Orders 5360 (ballot colour and quantity) and 4146 (the oath) (read 22.08.2026)

1. 🚨 Order 5360 dated 22.11.2019 — the chairperson ballot is printed on PINK paper

Compendium order (61), printed p. 263 — I read the page image myself. It is the follow-up to order 5164 dt 15.11.2019 (§7-C) — signed Ashok Kumar Jain, Deputy Secretary.

🚨 The formula for the number of ballots

Examples: a municipality with 35 wards → 40 ballots · a corporation with 65 wards → 75 ballots

⚠️ This is for the chairperson post. The electorate is only the elected members, so the count is the number of wards plus a small margin. Do not confuse it with member-post ballots or EVMs.

🔎 A citation discrepancy (recorded, not altered): the order cites "rule 83(3)" for authentication, but the authentication provision is rule 86(3) (see §6.7). The substance is right, the number is doubtful. Cite rule 86(3) in training.

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2. 🚨 Order 4146 dated 21.10.2019 — the oath comes BEFORE the chairperson election

Compendium order (65), printed p. 271 — I read the page image myself. Supersedes the earlier letter 3438 dt 17.09.2019 — signed Shyam Singh Rajpurohit, Secretary.

Basis: s.37 of the Act 2009 read with rule 69 — every elected chairperson and member of a municipality shall, before entering upon his duties, take or subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Collector or his nominee and sign it. (State Government notification dated 05.08.2019 amended the form of oath in rule 69.)

🚨 This point was NOT in this module — the oath is a precondition to voting

"From these provisions it is clear that taking the prescribed oath is necessary for the Chairperson to enter upon his duties, AND for the members to take part in the election of the Chairperson."

"Before the election of the Chairperson, all members must be administered the oath in the form prescribed in rule 69."

🚨 Effect on the calendar: the member result is 14.09.2026, the chairperson election 21.09.2026. All elected members must have been sworn in during those intervening days — otherwise the electorate at the 21.09 meeting is itself incomplete.

What the Commission expects — the Collector nominates the RO/ARO

"The Commission expects the District Collectors to nominate the municipality's Returning Officer / Assistant Returning Officer under rule 69 to administer the oath or affirmation to the Chairperson and the members."

➡ In practice the RO/ARO administers the oath — as the Collector's nominee. The RO should get that nomination in writing in advance.

✅ This also confirms §4.5 — "before the Collector or his nominee, in the form under rule 69". What is new is that the members' oath is a precondition to the chairperson election.

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§7-G — ✅ The enclosures to order 1607 have now been read — specimen ballot and meeting notice (22.08.2026)

§7-B recorded that order (67)'s enclosures were "not opened". They have now been opened — Appendix-1 (printed p. 286) and Appendix-3 (printed p. 288).

1. ✅ The specimen ballot (Appendix-1) — full confirmation of §7-D

Everything in the specimen is as §7-D described —

🔎 A small detail visible only in the specimen: the NOTA row carries no serial number — it follows the last candidate unnumbered.

2. The meeting-notice model form (Appendix-3) — seven items

All seven match §6.2 (rule 80) exactly — meeting at 10.00 AM, nominations 10.00–11.00, scrutiny 11.30, withdrawal before 2.00, poll 2.30–5.00, counting immediately after.

Two things that were not in this module —

🚨 (a) The legal basis includes section 43 of the Act 2009

"For the election of the Vice-Chairperson under section 43 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 and rule 79 of the Rajasthan Municipalities (Election) Rules, 1994, I … hereby give notice in accordance with rule 80"

➡ My §6 cited only rules 79/80. The statutory hook is section 43 — put both in the notice.

🚨 (b) The notice has a field for reservation of the vice-chairperson post

"If the vice-chairperson post is reserved, its category ……………"

🔍 I searched for it — four sources, nothing in any of them

➡ Finding (an absence, which is still a finding): No provision in any compiled law available to us reserves the vice-chairperson post. The field in the model form appears to be without a traceable source.

Two possibilities

🚨 How to settle it — three routes, in this order

What to do meanwhile

✅ If the DEO or the notification says the post IS reserved → state the category in the notice. ✅ If no reservation is shown → write "not applicable" in the field — do not leave it blank. 🚨 Do not assume a reservation yourself. The chairperson reservation [s.43(3), rule 78(5)] does not carry over to the vice-chairperson post — they are different offices.

✅ The notice also corroborates two things

• Item 2: the nomination may be delivered by the candidate or his proposer — ✅ §6.3 [rule 81(4)]
• Item 5: withdrawal is given by the candidate personally — ✅ §6.5 [rule 84(1)] and Schedule III-A

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§8 — One-page summary

CHAIRPERSON (21.09.2026)
  Electorate = elected members · Medium = ballot paper · Venue = municipal office
  Eligibility: member's qualification + 🚨 MP / MLA / Panchayati Raj member-chairperson INELIGIBLE [r.78(4)]
  Proposer = any elected member [78(6)(iv)]
  Deposit: Mayor 30,000/15,000 · President 20,000/10,000 · Chairman 10,000/5,000
  Programme: member result +2 days nomination -> next day scrutiny -> next day withdrawal
             -> withdrawal +3 days poll · 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. · counting immediately
  Every contesting candidate may WATCH — 🚨 only an elected member may VOTE [78(6)(xi)(c)]
  Oath: before the Collector or his nominee, in the form under rule 69

VICE-CHAIRPERSON (22.09.2026) — day after the chairperson result, everything in one day
  10.00-11.00 nomination -> 11.30 scrutiny -> withdrawal by 2.00 -> 2.30-5.00 poll -> count at once
  Proposer = any member · separate nomination paper for each candidate
  Only 2 grounds of rejection [r.82(2)] · never for an incorrect description of a name
  One candidate -> unopposed · two or more -> secret ballot · none -> start the whole thing afresh
  Ballot marked with 🚨 a CROSS, only with the instrument supplied by the RO
  4 grounds of invalidity [r.87(2)] · tie -> LOT -> highest votes wins

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🚨 The action list — things with a deadline or a physical output (added 22.08.2026)

BEFORE 21.09  — and these are the ones that get missed
  🚨 ALL ELECTED MEMBERS SWORN IN            member result 14.09 -> chairperson poll 21.09
                                              an unsworn member CANNOT VOTE      [order 4146]
     Collector nominates the RO/ARO under rule 69 to administer it - get it in writing

  🚨 BALLOTS PRINTED - and the two posts differ
     CHAIRPERSON   pink paper from the Government Press           [order 5360]
                   wards + 5  (under 50 wards) | wards + 10 (over 50)
                   4 inches wide | panel 25 MM | line 4 MM (10 MM between 1st-2nd)
                   NAME left, SYMBOL right | symbol max 35 x 20 MM
                   NOTA below the last candidate, with its symbol
                   >9 incl NOTA -> 2 columns | >18 -> 3 columns   [order 1364]

     VICE-CHAIR    4 inches wide | panel 2 CM | line 5 MM
                   🚨 NO ELECTION SYMBOL - that column is for the member's CROSS
                   NOTA after the last candidate                  [order 1357 / 1607]

  🚨 MEETING-NOTICE FORMS - use the Commission's, do not draft your own
     CHAIRPERSON   the form enclosed with order 1381
     VICE-CHAIR    Appendices 2 and 3 of order 1607 (members' list + notice)

  🚨 RESERVED POST -> CASTE CERTIFICATE attached to the nomination paper  [order 5164]

AFTER THE RESULT
  🚨 WITHIN THREE DAYS -> to the Commission                      [order 1374]
     elected members' details + SOFT COPY in MANGAL FONT / MS Word
     Form 21 original | Form 22 original | Form 23 ORIGINAL RECEIPT
     every document signed, named, designated and sealed by the RO

  Record in SCHEDULE VIII: members holding office | members present | names |
     polling officers | counting start + declaration times | votes incl NOTA |
     valid / invalid / total | RO signature + MEMBERS' SIGNATURES        [rule 88]
  Notification to FOUR places: SEC (for the Gazette) | Collector | Director LSG | State Govt

⚠️ Forms 9A, 10A, 14CC, 17A, 19A, 20A and 21A are DELETED — they belonged to the direct chairperson election. Form 3A is the chairperson nomination paper. (order 5164 / notification 33841)

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§9 — ❌ What has NOT been read — nothing has been asserted from it

🔴 Correction of an earlier inference: the first version of the Hindi module recorded rules 90–94 as "unread — this is important, because the office names change with the type of body." They are in fact deleted — see §6.11. Original text has replaced the inference.

Part 12 of the Compendium (orders 60–67) — ✅ All eight orders (60 to 67) have now been read by me — see §7-B, §7-C, §7-D, §7-E, §7-F. — the Commission's orders on chairperson / vice-chairperson elections — exists in COMPENDIUM_REPORT as an agent summary only. That is a draft and I have not verified it myself.

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