ECI orders Candidate`s election expenses accounts to be made public within 72 hrs.

NEW DELHI---Under section 78 of the R.P. Act, 1951 every contesting candidate shall lodge account of his election expenses with the District Election Officer (DEO) of the concerned Constituency within 30 days of date from the date of declaration of results.

To bring transparency and quick dissemination of information for public, Election Commission has today issued instructions to the CEOs that the election expenses accounts lodged by the Candidate shall be uploaded on  CEO/DEO website within 72 hours, without fail and  hyperlink is available on the Commission`s websitewww.eci.nic.in. The public can access such accounts under caption ``General Elections to the Lok Sabha/Legislative Assembly 2014-Candidate`s Election Expenditure

The Commission has also issued direction to the CEOs to ensure that if any member of public wants to obtain the copy of the account lodged by the candidate or CD/DVDs on important events/advertisement, he can get the same on payment of Re. 1 per page or Rs. 300/- per CD/DVD at the office of the District Election Officer. The officials have been directed to issue such copies/CDs/DVDs within 48 Hrs of receipt of the request.