The Republic of India

Bharat Samvidhan
Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage
Part XV · Article 326

Article 326

Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage

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The elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult suffrage; that is to say, every person who is a citizen of India and who is not less than 2[eighteen years] of age on such date as may be fixed in that behalf by or under any law made by the appropriate Legislature and is not otherwise disqualified under this Constitution or any law made by the appropriate Legislature on the ground of non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter at any such election.

Source: Constitution of India, Legislative Department, Government of India. Reproduced under Section 52(1)(q), Copyright Act 1957.