NEW DELHI, April 28 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has disqualified 529 people, including four from West Bengal, who contested Lok Sabha and assembly elections as independent candidates but did not file their expenditure accounts, from voting and contesting elections to Parliament and state legislatures for three years. The disqualification order, under Section 10A of the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1951, strips them of their rights to vote and stand for elections conducted under the RPA, 1951. The order was issued on March 16. Under Section 10A, every candidate who contests an election is legally required to submit a detailed account of all election expenditure within 30 days of the declaration of results. This inclu...