In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context—
(a) "Act” means the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats Act and Zila Panchayats Act, 1961;
(b) “territorial constituency” means a territorial constituency referred to in clause (b) of Sub-section (b) of Section 6 of the Act, in the case of the territorial area of Kshettra Panchayat and a territorial constituency referred to in clause (b) of Sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the Act, in case of the territorial area of a Zila Panchayat;
(c) "contesting candidate” means a candidate whose name is included in the list of contesting candidates prepared under Rule 20;
(d) “election” means an election to fill a seat in a Kshettra Panchayat or Zila Panchayat, as the case may be;
(e) “election return” means an election return in a form specified by the State Election Commission;
(f) “elector” means a person registered as an elector in the electoral roll prepared for territorial constituency under Section 9 of the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 which is comprised within the territorial constituency of the Kshettra Panchayat or the Zila Panchayat, as the case may be;
(g) "polling return” means a polling return in a form specified by the State Election Commission; and
(h) “seat” means a seat allotted to a constituency for election to a Kshettra Panchayat or a Zila Panchayat, as the case may be.