"Candidate" means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election and includes a person who, when an election is in contemplation, holds himself out as a prospective candidate thereat; provided that he is subsequently nominated as a candidate at such election.

[See, section 171A (a), the Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860)].

"Candidate" means a person proposed as a candidate for election as a member.

[See, article 2 (ii), the Representation of the People Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 155 of 1972)].