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The Election Fee on Wednesday mentioned it’s wanting into the problem of in accordance the nationwide standing to the Aam Aadmi Occasion.
“It’s underneath evaluate… We are going to quickly come again to you,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar informed a press convention right here when requested in regards to the difficulty.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led celebration’s electoral performances final 12 months paved the best way for it to be recognised by the Election Fee as a nationwide celebration.
To earn a nationwide celebration standing, a political outfit must be recognised as state celebration in 4 states and have at the very least two members within the respective legislative assemblies, in line with the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) order,1968.
And so as grow to be eligible to be recognised because the state celebration, a political outfit has to win two seats and secures a minimal six per cent votes within the state.
There are different standards additionally to earn the nationwide celebration standing.
The AAP has been recognised as a state celebration Delhi, Punjab, Goa and Gujarat.
The AAP stormed to energy in Punjab profitable 92 of the 117 meeting seats, recording a stupendous victory within the state meeting polls final 12 months. It was anyway already recognised as a state celebration within the state.
in Goa, it bagged two seats and secured an general vote share of 6.77 per cent, resulting in its recognition as a state celebration within the coastal state.
By the top of the 2022, the AAP’s nationwide ambition received wings because it received 5 seats and secured an general vote share of 13 p.c within the Gujarat meeting polls, which was sufficient for the AAP to be recognised because the state celebration.
First Printed: Mar 29 2023 | 1:34 PM IST
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