Summary:
What is worse in case of the 55 candidates is that their disqualification period will end only after completion of the 2019 election process. "We found that 55 persons, who had contested the 2014 elections, did not submit their accounts of election expenditure in time. While results of the 2019 elections are scheduled to be declared on May 23, the 55 candidates will face disqualification up to 2020, 2021 and 2022. In 2014, the election results were declared on May 16. They have been disqualified under Section 10A of Representation of the People Act, 1951," joint chief electoral officer (Odisha) Raghuram Iyer told TOI.ECI rules said the disqualification period remains in force for three years from the date of issuance of the disqualification order..