Terms and Conditions of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Gujarat Election 2027 (accessible at https://electiongujarat.com/, hereinafter referred to as the "Website", "Platform", "we", or "us"). By accessing, browsing, interacting with, or participating in the voting simulations hosted on this Website, you signify that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions ("Terms"), as well as our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer.

If you do not agree with any provision of these Terms, you must discontinue the use of this Website immediately.

2. Scope of Services & Unofficial Status

electiongujarat.com is an independent digital media and civic education resource created exclusively for political research, public awareness, election schedule tracking, and community fan-voting polls regarding the 2027 Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) General Election.

3. User Conduct & Prohibited Activities

You agree to use this Website solely for lawful, non-commercial, and informational purposes. When interacting with our services, you strictly agree NOT to:

• Deploy automated scripts, bots, web crawlers, spiders, or headless browser automation to artificially manipulate, spam, or alter opinion poll vote counts.
• Attempt to disrupt, overload, or compromise the stability of our servers, cloud database (Firebase Realtime Database), or content delivery networks through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of client-side algorithms, vote validation tokens, or security mechanisms.
• Post or transmit any content via feedback channels that is defamatory, obscene, harassing, promoting hate speech, violating intellectual property, or infringing on any third-party legal rights.
• Falsely represent or imply that this Website or any opinion poll results published herein are endorsed by, authorized by, or affiliated with the Government of India, the Government of Gujarat, or the Election Commission of India.

Violation of these conduct rules may result in immediate IP banning, blacklisting of local vote tokens, and reporting to competent cyber law enforcement authorities under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

4. Intellectual Property & Nominative Fair Use

All proprietary website software, user interface design, layout, graphics, text compilations, seat projection calculators, and interactive widgets are the exclusive intellectual property of Gujarat Election 2027 and are protected by applicable copyright and trademark laws.

Nominative Fair Use of Political Logos & Imagery:

All political party names (including Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, etc.), official party election symbols, candidate portraits, and logos displayed on this Website are the trademarks and intellectual property of their respective political organizations. They are utilized on this platform solely under the legal doctrine of Nominative Fair Use (pursuant to Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957) for identification, reporting, news dissemination, and non-commercial public commentary. Their appearance does not imply any sponsorship, endorsement, or formal affiliation between those political entities and this Website.

5. Third-Party Advertisements & Google AdSense

This Website displays third-party advertisements served through Google AdSense and related advertising networks. By using this site, you acknowledge that:

• Advertisements are selected and served automatically by third-party ad technology based on contextual content and anonymous cookie data.
• We do not explicitly endorse, verify, or guarantee the claims, offers, goods, or services presented in any third-party advertisement.
• Any interaction, commercial transaction, or dispute arising between you and an advertiser linked through our website is solely between you and that third party.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties ("As-Is" Service)

The Website and all content, utilities, calculators, and information provided herein are made available on an "AS-IS" and "AS-AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, statutory, or implied.

We specifically disclaim all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, timely, or secure. While we endeavor to ensure high accuracy regarding constituency delimitation, district rosters, and voting phases, official announcements by the Election Commission of India shall always prevail as the sole legal authority.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Gujarat Election 2027, its founders, operators, contributors, or technical affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential, or exemplary damages—including but not limited to loss of data, loss of goodwill, emotional distress, or political reliance—arising out of or in connection with your access to, use of, or inability to use this Website, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

8. External Links & Official Election Portals

Our pages contain convenient navigational links to external governmental portals including voters.eci.gov.in, ceo.gujarat.gov.in, and eci.gov.in. We provide these links solely for public convenience. We have no authority over external websites and assume zero responsibility for their availability, reliability, or data handling practices.

9. Modifications to the Terms

We reserve the right to amend, update, or revise these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior individual notice. Any modifications become effective immediately upon being published on this page. Your continued use of the Website following any posted changes constitutes your unconditional acceptance of the updated Terms.

10. Governing Law & Dispute Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by, construed, and enforced strictly in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal claim, dispute, or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or this Website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions, legal inquiries, or formal feedback regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us via email:

Legal Department: Gujarat Election Portal Administration

Email: support@electiongujarat.com

Website: https://electiongujarat.com/