GROUNDS FOR CHALLENGING AN ELECTION - Whether ground of non compliance and corrupt practices can be joined together as a ground in an election petition
HELD:
"...In the light of the foregoing, the question I consider pertinent is whether or not complaints of corrupt practices and non compliance under Section 138 (1) (b) can be lumped together in one ground of a petition. For the purpose of this question, it is ideal to reproduce Section 138 (1) (b) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended).
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