“election”

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 · s. 2

(a) "election" means any election, by whatever means held under any law for the purpose of selecting members of Parliament or of any Legislature, local authority or other public authority; 2 [(aa) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act and the expression "prescribe" shall be construed accordingly;]

The Representation of the People Act, 1951 · s. 2

(d) "election" means an election to fill a seat or seats in either House of Parliament or in the House or either House of the Legislature of a State[6] *[7] *; 8 [(e) "elector" in relation to a constituency means a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of that constituency for the time being in force and who is not subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);]