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2. ECI's direction regarding design, form and language of postal ballot paper are given
at Para 4, Ch. X of RO Hand Book.
3. In election to House of People PB shall be printed on White paper.
4. Width of PB shall be 3" and 4".
5. Single column - up to 9 candidates – In case of indivisible numbers of candidates,
e.g. 11 candidates' first six candidates will be shown in first column and remaining
5 will be shown in second column, and space at the end of second column for 12 th
candidate will be completely shaded.
6. Names of candidates shall be arranged in the same order under 3 categories in
which they appear in the list (Form 7A). Headings of categories should not appear in
PBs.
7. Symbols will not be printed.
8. Party affiliation, if any, shall be printed along with the name of candidate.
9. Party affiliation will be shown for the candidates set up by all political parties
(recognised and unrecognized both).
10. For independent candidates the word "Independent" will be printed both in official
language of the state and English.
11. Sample of PB is given at Ann. XXIV of RO Handbook.
9.5 Language of postal ballot paper (R.22 of CE Rules 1961 and P. 4, CH. X of RO Hand Book)–
(i) Counter foil in English only.
(ii) Particulars of Candidates and party affiliation in official language of the State and
English both.
(iii) Particulars in official language of the State will appear first over those in English.
(iv) Particulars of Constituency and election in ballot paper will appear in English
only.