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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 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 electionselectio you whts up man jamuna karatans. 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>

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