Madras High Court to Hear DMK Leader's Plea Over 1-Vote Loss in Tirupattur
In special Sunday sitting, Madras HC to hear plea of DMK leader who lost to TVK by 1 vote in Tirupattur
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The Madras High Court will hear a plea from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader KR Periyakaruppan, who lost the Tirupattur assembly seat in Tamil Nadu by one vote to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) candidate Seenivasa Sethupathy. Periyakaruppan seeks to prevent Sethupathy from participating in an upcoming trust vote, claiming improper vote counting.
- 01KR Periyakaruppan lost the Tirupattur assembly seat by just one vote.
- 02The Madras High Court will hear his plea on Sunday.
- 03Periyakaruppan argues that the votes were not recounted properly.
- 04He seeks to bar the winning candidate from participating in legislative processes.
- 05The case will be heard by Justices L Victoria Gowri and N Senthilkumar.
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The Madras High Court is scheduled to hold a special sitting on Sunday to address a plea from KR Periyakaruppan, a leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and former Tamil Nadu minister. Periyakaruppan lost the Tirupattur assembly seat in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, to Seenivasa Sethupathy of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) by a mere one vote—83,375 to 83,374, according to Election Commission data. In his writ petition, Periyakaruppan contends that the votes in his constituency were not properly recounted and is seeking to prevent Sethupathy from participating in an upcoming trust vote scheduled to occur on or before May 13. The case will be heard by a bench comprising Justices L Victoria Gowri and N Senthilkumar.
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The outcome of this case could affect the legislative power dynamics in Tamil Nadu's assembly.
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