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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 No. 3/4/2012/SDR Dated:-24thAugust, 2012 To, Chief Electoral officers of all State and Union Territories Sub:- Affidavit to be filed by the candidates with their nomination papermodification of format - regarding. Sir/Madam, The candidates at elections to the Parliament and the State Legislatures hitherto wererequired to file two affidavits: one, in Form -26 appended to Conduct of Elections Rules 1961 and the other, in the Form prescribed by the Commission, vide its Order No. 3/ER/2003 dated 27.03.2003, as subsequently modified by the letter of even number dated 25.02.2011. In the affidavits, the candidates are required to declare information about their criminal background, if any, assets, liabilities and educational qualifications. 2. On a proposal moved by the Commission for amalgamating the two affidavits into one format, the Govt. has amended Form 26 so as to include in it all the information that was sought in the two separate affidavits. The Ministry of Law and Justice have notified the revised format of Form 26 in the Gazette of India on 01.08.2012. A copy of the said notification dated 1st August, 2012 is enclosed herewith. 3. In view of the amendment to Form-26, all candidatesshall, hereafter, file only oneaffidavit in the revised Form 26 notified on 01.08.2012(at elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures). The requirements to be followed while filing the affidavit have been mentioned in the notes given at the end of the format. Further, as already directed in the Commission’s letter No. 3/ER/2011/SDR, dated 1st September, 2011, the affidavit should be on stamp paper of such denomination as prescribed under the State Act on the subject. 4. The Commission has directed that the revised format of the affidavit should be brought to the notice of the Returning Officers for all elections conducted by the Commission, including elections to RajyaSabhaand Legislative Councils ( in the States having Legislative Council) with instructions to ensure that this is brought to the notice of all concerned.You may kindly ensure that all the Returning Officers, including Returning Officers for elections to Council of States and Legislative Councils, receive a copy of this letter along with the notification of amended Form-26 and acknowledgement of receipt be obtained from every Returning Officer in the State. A consolidated

certificate that all the Returning Officers have received the instructions may be forwarded to the Commission within one month of receipt of this letter, 5. You are also requested to furnish a copy of this letter along with copy of the enclosed notification to every political party (including registered unrecognized parties) having headquarters in your State/UT, including the State Units of recognized National and State political parties.

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VERIF'ICATION I'^the deponent, abor.e named. do lereby, vcrify and dcclare that the contents of this affidavit are true and correcr to the best &m1' *;"""0*. berief and oo pan of it is Illse and nothing materiar has been conceared the.rro..-i rriL. oeclare that:(a) there is no case of conviction or pending ugui*, me other than those mentioned in items 5 and 6 of parr A ana daborie, "uo (b) I' my spousel or mv- dependenrs ao nor tt"ri" *i'asset or riability, or,er than those mentioned in items 7 and g ot' part a ii.r, g, 9 and l0 of part B

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Yours faithfully,

(Ashish Chakraborty) Secretary