Section 38: Primary Elections.

(1) For the purpose of selecting persons from any constituency to be candidates for election to Parliament, the Central Committee of the Recognised Party shall hold a primary election in that constituency in such manner as may be prescribed by the Party Constitution. (2) Any person who is qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament under section 44 and is not disqualified under Section 45 may deliver his nomination to the Returning Officer appointed by the Central Committee on such day and such time and at such place as may be determined by the Central Committee. Provided that the nomination shall not be valid unless it is supported by not less than three persons registered as voters in that constituency for the purpose of election to Parliament. (3) At a primary election a poll shall be held at which the Members of the Constituency Executive of the Recognised Party who are also registered as voters in that constituency shall be entitled to vote: (4) At the conclusion of the poll the Returning Officer shall declare the number of votes received by each candidate and shall thereafter submit the names of all the candidates to the Central Committee of the Recognised Party together with the number of votes received by each candidate. (5) In any constituency only the two persons who have received the greatest number of votes at the primary election shall be qualified for nomination as candidates for election to Parliament from that constituency, unless the Central Committee disapproves the nomination of any such person on the ground that his nomination would be inimical to the interests of the State, in which event the person who has received the next highest number of votes after the said two persons at the primary elections shall become qualified for the nomination.