Question

what are the qualifications required to stand for election at the Gram panchayat level

Answer 1

Dear friend
The qualifications are as follows :
 For general candidate men must have passed class X, class VIII for women and Scheduled cast/ST, class V for schedule cast/ST women for elections contesting in the Zila Parishad, Panchay Samiti and Post of the Sarpanch.

• The candidate must have the functional toilet in his/her home.

• There should not be any insolvency or failure to pay the arrears in any case such as, like to any cooperative society, any bank or electricity bill.

• The candidate must be clean in character likewise there should not be any charge sheet filed which may lead to imprisonment of upto 10 years against the candidate in any court in India.

• In case of Rajasthan, the candidate must not be the Leprosy Patient

Hope this answer will help you

Answer 2

Answer:

In order to be elected to a village panchayat, a candidate should possess the following qualifications:

• He should be a resident of the village concerned and his name should be in the voters' list of the village.

• He should be not less than twenty-five years old.

• He should be mentally and physically sound.

• He should not be a proclaimed offender.

The Gram Panchayat acts as the executive of the Gram Sabha.

Gram Sabha is a body comprising all the adult member registered as voters in the panchayat area.