Section 27
Allotment Of Election Symbols
(1) If polling is to be taken pursuant to Sub-section (2) of Section 26, the Election Officer shall allot one election symbol to each candidate as his indicative sign.
(2) The Election Officer shall allot the election symbol provided by the Commission to a political party or organization that is registered with the Election Commission and represented in the Constituent Assembly to the candidate fielded by that political party or organization.
(3) The Election Officer shall allot, in such a manner as may be prescribed by the Commission, an election symbol specified to be used by an independent candidate, out of the group of election symbols set aside for the use of independent candidates, in the case of the candidates other than those set forth in Sub-section (2).