भारत सरकार / Government of India

Daman 10^th October, 2025 18 Asvina, 1947 (Saka) No. : 135

UT Administration of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Office of the Joint Director (PE & ME), Collectorate,

Daman

No.18/2025/DIR(PE&ME)/SYMBOL/83 Dated: 10/10/2025

Subject: Symbol Order - reg

With reference to the subject cited above, a copy of Commission’s Order No.

7-2/EC/DNH&DD/2025 dated 10.10.2025 received from the Secretary to Election Commissioner for

UTs, New Delhi is hereby published in the Official Gazette of the U.T. of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and

Daman & Diu for kind information.

Sd/–

(Ashish Mohan)

Joint Director (PE & ME)

UT of DNH & DD

Daman

सरकारी राजपत्र

OFFICIAL GAZETTE

संघ प्रदेश दादरा एवं नगर हवेली तथा दमण एवं दीव प्रशासन

U.T. ADMINISTRATION OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND

DAMAN AND DIU

असाधारण

EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधधकरण द्वारा प्रकाधशत / PUBLISHED BY AUHTORITY

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ELECTION COMMISSION

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,

F-Block, M.S. Apartments,

Kasturba Gandhi Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001

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No. 7-2/EC/DNH&DD/2025/ Dated the 10^th October, 2025

ORDER

Whereas, the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and

the conduct of all elections to, Panchayats and Municipal Councils in the Union Territory of Dadra and

Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is vested in the Election Commission referred to in Section 99 of the

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation, 2012 and Section 5 of the Dadra

and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal Council Regulation 2004;

And whereas, it is necessary and expedient to provide, in the interest of purity of elections to

Panchayats and Municipal Councils and also in the interest of the conduct of such elections in a fair and

efficient manner, the specifications, reservation, choice and allotment of symbols, for the recognition

of political parties in relation thereto and for matters connected therewith;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 99 of the Dadra and Nagar

Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation, 2012 and Section 5(1) of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli

and Daman and Diu Municipal Council Regulation, 2004, read with Rule 28 and 33 of the Dadra and

Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats (Election Procedure) Rules 2023 and Rule 28 and 33 of

the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal Councils (Election) Rules, 2025, and all

other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Election Commission, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman

and Diu, hereby makes the following Order:

1. Short title, extent, application and commencement:

(1)

This Order may be called the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats

and Municipal Councils Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 2025.

(2)

It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman

and Diu and applies to all elections to Panchayats and Municipal Councils.

(3)

It shall come into force with immediate effect.

2. Definitions and interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a)

“Commission”

means

the

Election

Commission

referred

Section 99 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation,

2012 and Section 5 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Municipal Council Regulation,

2004.

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(b)

"Council"

means

Municipal

Council

constituted

deemed

to be constituted under the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal

Council Regulation 2004.

(c)

"Ward" means a ward of a Panchayat or of a Municipal Council, as the case may be.

(d)

"National

Party"

means

party

recognized

the

Election

Commission of India as such, in relation to elections to a District Panchayat or a

Municipal Council, as the case may be.

(e)

"State Party" means a party, if any, recognized by the Election Commission of India as

such in UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, in relation to elections to

a District Panchayat or a Municipal Council, as the case may be.

3. Recognition of National parties and State parties and reservation of symbols for political

parties:

(a)

Political parties recognized by the Election Commission of India as National parties

under the Election symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 are hereby

recognized as such by the Commission for the purpose of elections to District

Panchayats and Municipal Councils in the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman

and Diu.

(b)

Political parties, if any, recognized by the Election Commission of India as State parties

under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order: 1968 in Dadra and

Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are hereby recognized as such by the Commission

for the purpose of elections to District Panchayats and Municipal Councils in the UT

of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

(c)

The National parties and the State parties so recognized by the Commission shall have

the very same symbols reserved respectively for them as are reserved for them by the

Election Commission of India and the facsimile of those symbols, including their size

and design, shall be the same as approved by the Election Commission of India.

(d)

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraph (c), the Commission may, from

time to time, specify any other symbol as "free symbol" from out of the list of free

symbols specified by the Election Commission of India, and the facsimile of such

symbol, including its size and design, shall be the same as approved by the Election

Commission of India.

4. Allotment of symbols to contesting candidates:

In every contested election of a Panchayat or a Municipal Council, as the case may be, a symbol

shall be allotted to a contesting candidate in accordance with the provisions of this Order and

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different symbols shall be allotted to different contesting candidates at an election in the same

ward.

5. Choice of symbols by candidates of National parties and State parties:

(a) A candidate set up by a National Party or a State Party for election in any ward of a District

Panchayat or a Municipal Council, shall choose, and shall be allotted the symbol reserved

for that party, and no other symbol.

(b) A reserved symbol shall not be chosen by, or allotted to any candidate in any ward of a

District Panchayat or a Municipal Council, other than the candidate set up by a National

Party or a State Party for whom such symbol has been reserved, even if no candidate has

been set up by such National or State Party in that ward.

6. Choice of symbols by other candidates and allotment thereof

(a) Any candidate at an election in a ward, other than a candidate set up by a National Party or

a State Party, shall choose and shall be allotted, in accordance with the provisions herein

set out, one of the symbols specified as free symbols.

(b) Where a free symbol has been chosen by only one candidate in a Ward, the Returning

Officer shall allot that symbol to that candidate, and to no one else in that Ward.

Returning Officer shall decide, by draw of lots, to which of those independent candidates

that free symbol shall be allotted and allot that free symbol to the candidate on whom the

lot falls, and to no one else. The other candidates, who lost out in the draw of lots, shall be

allotted symbols according to their second or third preferences, if such symbols are not

already allotted to some other candidates.

(d) If the symbols indicated as the second or third preference have already been allotted to

some other candidates, each one of the candidates referred to in sub-paragraph (c) shall be

allotted one of the free symbols not allotted to any other candidate after obtaining their

preferences.

(e) The lists of ‘National Parties’, ‘State Parties’ and ‘Free Symbols’ are specified in Table-1,

Table-2, and Table-3 respectively, appended to this Order.

7. When candidate shall be deemed to be set up by a National party or State party for the

purposes of this Order:

A candidate shall be deemed to be set up by a National Party or a State Party, if and only if:

(a) the candidate has made a declaration to that effect in his nomination paper;

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(b) a notice in writing (as in Form - B appended to this Order) to that effect has, not later than

3.00 PM. on the last date for making nominations, been delivered to the Returning Officer

of the concerned ward or to the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections;

duly authorised to send such notice, and

(d) the name and specimen signature of such authorised person are communicated (as in Form-

A appended to this Order) to the Returning Officer of the concerned ward or to the Director

of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, not later than 3.00 PM on the last date for making

nominations;

Concessions to candidates set up by a State party recognised in States/UTs other than the

UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu:

If a political party, which is recognized as a State Party by the Election Commission of

India in some State/s, but not in the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, sets

up a candidate at an election in any ward, then such candidates may, to the exclusion of all other

candidates in the ward, be allotted the symbol reserved for that party in the State or States in

which it is recognized as a State Party, notwithstanding that such symbol is not specified in the

list of free symbols in Table-3, on fulfillment of each of the following conditions, namely:

(a) That an application is made to the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections by the

said party for exclusive allotment of that symbol to the candidate set up by it, not later

than the third day after the publication in the Official Gazette of the notification calling

the election;

(b) That the said candidate has made a declaration in his nomination paper that he has been

set up by that party and that the said political party has also fulfilled the requirements of

clauses (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 7 in respect of such candidate; and

reasonable ground for refusing the application for such allotment.

9. Power of the Commission to issue instructions and directions

The Commission may issue instructions and/or directions:

(a) for clarification, if any, with respect to the provisions of this order; and

(b) for removal of any difficulty which may arise in relation to implementation of any

provision of this Order.

Sd/–

(Sudhanshu Pandey)

Election Commissioner

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Form A

(To be delivered to the Returning Officer or the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, not

later than 3.00 PM on the last date for making nominations)

1. The Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections,

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Moti Daman

2. The Returning Officer

Ward No and Name ……………………………….……………………

District Panchayat/Municipal Council, ……………………………….

Sub:

General/Bye election(s) to ……………………………….District Panchayat/ Municipal

Council - authorized person(s) to intimate name(s) of candidate(s)

Sir

In pursuance of paragraph 7 (c) and (d) of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Panchayats and Municipal Councils Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment ) Order 2025, I

hereby communicate that the following person(s) has/ have been authorized by the political party, which

is a National party/State party, to intimate the names of the candidate(s) proposed to be set up by the

party at the forthcoming election(s):

S. No

Name(s) of the person(s) authorized by

the party to intimate the name(s) of the

candidate(s)

Position held in

the party

Ward(s) in respect of which

the person mentioned in

column 2 has been

authorized

The specimen signature (s) of the above mentioned person(s) so authorized are given below:

Specimen Signature of Smt/Shri…………………………………

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Specimen Signature of Smt/Shri…………………………………

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Specimen Signature of Smt/Shri…………………………………

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Place:…………………

Yours faithfully,

Date :__/___/2025

(Seal of the party)

President/Secretary

Name of political party …………….……………………....

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Form B

(To be delivered to the Returning Officer or the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, not

later than 3.00 PM on the last date for making nominations)

Notice as to name of candidate set up by National parties/State parties

1. The Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections,

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Moti Daman

2. The Returning Officer

Ward No and Name ……………………………….……………………

District Panchayat/Municipal Council, ……………………………….

Sub : General/Bye election(s) to …………………….. - Setting up of Candidate(s)

Sir

In pursuance of paragraph 7(b) of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats

and Municipal Councils Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment ) order 2025, I hereby give

notice that the following person(s) has/have been set up by the ……………………………………..

Party , which is National party/ State party, as its candidate(s) in the ensuring general/ bye-election(s)

from the ward noted against each:

Name of

approved

candidate

Name of

Father/

Husband of

the

candidate

Postal address

of the

candidate

Name of the

substitute

candidate

who will step

in if the

candidate’s

nomination is

rejected or

he/she

withdraws

from the

contest

Name of

Father/

Husband of

the

substitute

candidate

Postal

address of

the

substitute

candidate

Place:……………

Yours faithfully,

Date :__/___/2025

(Seal of the party)

President / Secretary

Name of Political party ………..…………………….

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TABLE-1

NATIONAL PARTIES

Sl.

No.

Name of the Party

Symbol reserved

Address

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Aam Aadmi Party

Broom

206, Rouse Avenue, DDU Marg,

New Delhi - 110002

Bahujan Samaj Party

Elephant

4, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road,

New Delhi - 110001

Bharatiya Janata Party

Lotus

6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg,

New Delhi - 110002

Communist Party of India

(Marxist)

Hammer, Sickle and Star

A.K. Gopalan Bhawan, 27-29, Bhai

Vir Singh Marg (Gole Market),

New Delhi - 110001

Indian National Congress

Hand

24, Akbar Road, New Delhi -

110011

National People's Party

Book

Plot No.90A, Lachaumiere District,

East Khasi Hills District, Shillong-

793001

TABLE-2

LIST OF STATE PARTIES

NIL

Sd/–

(Sudhanshu Pandey)

Election Commissioner

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TABLE-3

LIST OF FREE SYMBOLS

S.No

Symbol

Pictorial representation of the Symbol

Air Conditioner

As approved by the Election Commission of India

Almirah

-do-

Balloon

-do-

Bangles

-do-

Basket containing Fruits

-do-

Bat

-do-

Batsman

-do-

Battery Torch

-do-

Bead Necklace

-do-

Bench

-do-

Binoculars

-do-

Black Board

-do-

Box

-do-

Brush

-do-

Bucket

-do-

Camera

-do-

Chappals

-do-

Chess Board

-do-

Coconut Farm

-do-

Cot

-do-

Crane

-do-

Diamond

-do-

Dish Antenna

-do-

Door Handle

-do-

Dumbbells

-do-

Ear Rings

-do-

Electric Pole

-do-

Flute

-do-

Football

-do-

Fountain

-do-

Mike

-do-

Pineapple

-do-

Pressure Cooker

-do-

Ring

-do-

Sd/–

(Sudhanshu Pandey)

Election Commissioner

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