What should be the minimum age to stand for Lok Sabha or Assembly election in India?

25 years

The correct answer is Option 3 - 25 years

In India, to stand for Lok Sabha or Assembly election, a candidate must be at least 25 years old.

What is true of the right to vote is also true of right to contest election. All citizens have the right to stand for election and become the representative of the people. However, there are different minimum age requirements for contesting elections. For example, in order to stand for Lok Sabha or Assembly election, a candidate must be at least 25 years old. There are some other restrictions also. For instance, there is a legal provision that a person who has undergone imprisonment for two or more years for some offence is disqualified from contesting elections. But there are no restrictions of income, education or class or gender on the right to contest elections. In this sense, our system of election is open to all citizens.