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UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1916

Section 19. Power to question municipal election by petition

Election Petitions 19. (1) The election of any person as a member of a Municipality may be questioned by an election petition on the ground- (a) that such person committed during or in respect of the election proceedings a corrupt practice as defined in section 28 ; (b) that such person was declared to be elected by reason of the improper rejection or admission of one or more votes, or for any other reason was not duly elected by a majority of lawful votes ; 1[(c) that such person was not qualified to be nominated as a candidate for election or that the nomination paper of the petitioner was improperly rejected. ] (2) The election of any person as a member of a board shall not be questioned - (a) on the ground that the name of any person qualified to vote has been omitted from, or the name of any person not qualified to vote has been inserted in the electoral roll or rolls ; 2[(b) on the ground of any non-compliance with this Act or any rule, or of any mistake in forms required thereby, or of any error, irregularity or informality on the part of the office or officers charged with carrying out this Act or any rules, unless such non-compliance, mistake, error, irregularity or informality has materially affected the result of the election. ]

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