In elections in the United Kingdom, as well as in certain other similar political systems such as India's, an election agent is the person legally responsible for the conduct of a candidate's political campaign.

In Canada and most of Canada's provinces, an election agent is legally referred to as an official agent.

Election agents are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of and submitting to the returning officer the candidate's expenses and other documents, as well as deciding whether to contest the result of a count. Agents are also permitted to oversee the polling and counting of votes to ensure the accuracy and impartiality of the election, and may appoint polling and counting agents to assist them in these tasks.

Agents must have reached the age of majority and not be acting as a clerk or officer to the returning officer in the given election. Where a candidate does not nominate an agent, they are their own agent.

The larger parties typically pay their election agents, and the rôle is gradually becoming a professional one, as the similar (but not equivalent) rôle of campaign managers is in the United States.

See also

• Campaign manager

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