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      How does Election Commission decide on party symbols?

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      • Date January 19, 2022
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      • Symbol Allotment

      • Powers of EC

      • Types of Symbols

      • On party splitting

      How Does Election Commission decide on party Symbols?

      In News:

      • Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh’s newly formed party Punjab Lok Congress has received its party symbol – Hockey stick and ball.

      Symbols allottment to political parties

      As per the guidelines, to get a symbol allotted:

      • For unrecognized party
        • A party/candidate has to provide a list of three symbols from the EC’s free symbols list at the time of filing nomination papers.
        • Among them, one symbol is allotted to the party/candidate on a first-come-first-serve basis.
      • When a recognised political party splits, the Election Commission takes the decision on assigning the symbol.

      Powers of Election Commission

      • The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 empowers the EC to recognize political parties and allot symbols.
      • Under Paragraph 15 of the Order, it can decide disputes among rival groups or sections of a recognized political party staking claim to its name and symbol.
      • The EC is also the only authority to decide issues on a dispute or a merger.
      • The Supreme Court upheld its validity in Sadiq Ali and another vs. ECI in 1971.

      Types of symbols

      • As per the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) (Amendment) Order, 2017, party symbols are either:
        • Reserved
          • Eight national parties and 64 state parties across the country have “reserved” symbols.
        • Free
          • The Election Commission also has a pool of nearly 200 “free” symbols that are allotted to the thousands of unrecognised regional parties that pop up before elections.

      When a recognized party splits

      • On the question of a split in a political party outside the legislature, Para 15 of the Symbols Order, 1968, states:
        • When the Commission is satisfied that there are rival sections or groups of a recognized political party each of whom claims to be that party the Commission may decide that one such rival section or group or none of such rival sections or groups is that recognized political party
        • The decision of the Commission shall be binding on all such rival sections or groups.
      • This applies to disputes in recognised national and state parties (like the LJP, in this case).
      • For splits in registered but unrecognized parties,
        • the EC usually advises the warring factions to resolve their differences internally or to approach the court.
      • Note that before 1968, the EC issued notifications and executive orders under the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.

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