The Constitution of India
Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 329
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
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(a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the
allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or purporting to be made under article 327 or
article 328, shall not be called in question in any court;
(b) no election to either House of Parliament or to the House or either House of the
Legislature of a State shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to
such authority and in such manner as may be provided for by or under any law made by the
appropriate Legislature.
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[329A. [Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of Prime Minister
and Speaker.]- Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 36
(w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
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1. Substituted by the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975, s.3, for certain words (w.e.f. 10.8.1975).
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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