[Sunday Hearing] Madras High Court asks ECI to explain silence on DMK leader's objection on one-vote dispute
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In a special sitting on Sunday, the Madras High Court asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file an affidavit explaining why it had not responded to the representation filed by DMK leader KR Periakaruppan over a postal ballot allegedly sent to the wrong Tiruppattur constituency. [KR Periakaruppan v. Chief Election Officer]Periakaruppan had lost to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate, R Seenivasa Sethupathi, in the Tiruppattur Assembly Constituency in Sivagangai district by one