Monitoring of expenses on constructions of barricades and rostrums etc.

If expenses on construction of barricades/ rostrums etc. are issued by government agencies on account of security considerations, these should be booked as expenditure of the candidate in whose constituency the meeting takes place. If a group of candidates are present on the dais at the time when the leader of a political party addresses such a meeting, the expenditure will be apportioned equally amongst them. The District Election Officer shall obtain the details of expenditure from the concerned government agencies within three days of the event and intimate to the candidates, their respective share of expenditure and mark a copy to the Accounting Team for entering in the Shadow Observation Register. In case any private agency is engaged in construction of rostrum or barricade, the RO shall call for the information of expenditure from such agency within three days. If any travel agency is engaged to provide transport facilities, the RO shall call for the expense details from such agencies within 3 days. This information will also be intimated to the RO and the DEO of the constituency/ district if any such candidate belongs to another district. Commission's instructions contained in its letter no. 76/2004/JS-11, dated 10-04-2004 shall also be followed regarding expenditure incurred on barricades and rostrums etc. (Annexure - D3),

Monitoring of Video Van

(i) If a Video Van is used by the political party during the election process for general party propaganda without mentioning the name of any candidate or without a photo of candidate except star campaigner of any constituency, then it shall be booked to the party account, which shall be reported within 75 days by the party after completion of election in case of Assembly election or within 90 days in case of Lok Sabha election. (Commission's letter no. 76/Instructions/2012/ EEPS/Vol. I dated 9th February, 2012, at Annexure - D11)

Monitoring of Expenditure on Election Campaign

(ii) If the name(s) or photo(s) of candidate(s) are displayed or any posters/banners of the candidate(s) are displayed thereon and the van is used in his constituency, then the expenditure has to be accounted for by such candidate(s).