Ineligibility as a restriction on the right to stand for election includes criteria that disqualify a candidate from standing for election. They arise from the holding of certain positions or the exercise of certain activities, the individual decision of a court, or certain integral characteristics such as age.
Ineligibility is generally determined before an election, which means that restrictions falling within its scope will normally disqualify a candidate from standing for election in the first place. There is a wide range of criteria that might determine a person’s ineligibility to stand for office.