Section 39, 55 (1) (b) and 70 Corrupt Practices Failure to provide details of corrupt or illegal proceedings; Principle of completely invalidating the re-counting of votes cast by the principal without the use of corrupt and illegal practice. Suspended selection of returning candidate at While failing to count the votes of the polling and presiding officers, accusations of accuracy and major allegations of corruption and illegality that were not proven by other pieces of evidence were nothing but bald and vague claims. Could not be given, nor was there any illegal identification. Or corrupt practice by the returned candidate, nor at any time or place where the alleged misconduct took place has the Petitioner failed to prove such a case and against it and the same decision was decided against him. And in favor of the returning candidate if the applicant wishes to re-count the ballots by the applicant. The Returning Officer must have convinced that his request was appropriate The proper statement of material facts cannot be considered as a basis for recalculation which cannot be verified as the applicant did not provide proof that the Presiding Officer voted. The counting was not done or double votes were counted or even the applicant's valid votes were rejected because the High Court refused to interfere in the election results and was retained.
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