Section 40:
Elections to the Legislative Assembly.
(1) For the purpose of constituting the Legislative
Assembly, a general election will be held as soon as may be, after the delimitation of all the assembly
constituencies under section 38.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Lieutenant Governor shall, by one or more notifications
published in the Official Gazette, call upon all the said assembly constituencies to elect members in
accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), and of the
rules and orders made or issued thereunder as applicable under sub-section (3).
(3) The Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), the Representation of the People
Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), the rules and orders made or issued under the said Acts and all other laws for the
time being in force relating to elections shall apply with necessary modifications (including modifications
for construing references therein to a State, State Government and Governor as including references to
the Capital, Government of the Capital and Lieutenant Governor, respectively) to, and in relation to, the
general election referred to in sub-section (1).