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{{Short description|Guidelines for political campaigning in India}}

The '''Model Code of Conduct''' is a set of guidelines issued by the [[Election Commission of India]] for the conduct of [[Political party|political parties]] and [[candidate]]s during [[election]]s.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/MCC-ENGLISH_28022014.pdf|title=Model Code of Conduct|access-date=3 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100248/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/MCC-ENGLISH_28022014.pdf|url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a set of norms which deal with matters including speeches, meetings, processions, election manifestos, [[Election|polling]] and general conduct. It has been evolved with the consensus of political parties and helps to ensure the conduct of free and fair elections. The Model [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] comes into force immediately on the announcement of the election schedule and remains in force till the end of the [[electoral process]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Announcement of Schedule for General Elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim, 2019|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9396-announcement-of-schedule-for-general-elections-to-lok-sabha-and-legislative-assemblies-in-andhra-pradesh-arunachal-pradesh-odisha-sikkim-2019/|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref>

== Structure and features ==