when does lok sabha or a vidhan sabha election candidate forfeit his security deposit
Deposit (politics) In the Republic of India, candidates for election to the lower house of the parliament – Lok Sabha – must pay a security deposit of ₹ 25,000. For state assembly elections the amount is ₹ 10,000. For Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes candidates the amounts are 12,500 and 5,000 respectively. A defeated candidate who fails to secure more than one-sixth of the total valid votes cast in a first-past-the-post voting system would both forfeit his or her deposit and bail rights.[2][3][4][5]
Indian general election, 2019 General elections are due to be held in India in April or May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. Assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Telangana will be tentatively held simultaneously with this general election[citation needed].