(1) Immediately after the expiry of the period within which candidatures may be withdrawn under sub-section (1) of section 42, the Returning Officer shall prepare and publish in such form and manner, as may be prescribed, a list of contesting candidates, that is to say, candidates who were included in the list of validly nominated candidates and who have not withdrawn their candidatures within the said period.
(2) The list referred to in sub-section (1) shall contain the names in alphabetical order and the addresses of the contesting candidates as given in the nomination papers together with such other particulars as may be prescribed.
CHAPTER VIII AGENTS OF THE CONTESTING CANDIDATE
44. A candidate at an election may appoint in the prescribed manner any one person other than himself to be his election agent and when any such appointment Election agents.
Publication of list of contesting candidates.
Withdrawal of Candidature.
is made, notice of the appointment shall be given in the prescribed manner to the Returning Officer.
45. Any person who is for the time being disqualified under the Constitution of India or under this Act for being a member of a Panchayat or a Municipality or for voting at elections, shall, so long as the disqualification subsists, also be disqualified for being an election agent at any election.