TN Assembly Elections: Madras High Court To Hold Special Sunday Sitting To Hear DMK Candidate Who Lost To TVK Candidate By One Vote
Former Minister for Co-operatives KR Periakaruppan has approached the Madras High Court seeking a recount of the postal votes that were sent to No. 50 Tiruppattur constituency instead of No 158 Tiruppattur assembly constituency during the recently concluded elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.It may be noted that the results for the assembly elections were declared on May 4,...
Former Minister for Co-operatives KR Periakaruppan has approached the Madras High Court seeking a recount of the postal votes that were sent to No. 50 Tiruppattur constituency instead of No 158 Tiruppattur assembly constituency during the recently concluded elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
It may be noted that the results for the assembly elections were declared on May 4, with Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) securing the highest number of seats (108). TVK's head, C Joseph Vijay is expected to take oath as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 10. In the elections, Periakaruppan, who had contested as a candidate for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party had lost to Seenivasa Sethupathi, the candidate belonging to TVK, by one vote.
The vacation bench of Justice L Victoria Gowri and Justice N Senthil Kumar is expected to hold a special sitting today (Sunday) to hear the case urgently.
Periakaruppan has sought directions to the Chief Election Officer, Chief Electoral Officer and Principal Secretary to Government (Elections) Department, District Election Officer cum Collector (Sivagangai District), Returning Officer (No. 185 Tiruppattur Assembly Constituency), Returning Officer (No. 50 Tiruppattur Assembly Constituency) to secure the postal ballots that were wrongly sent to No. 50 constituency instead of No. 185 constituency and to account them in No 185 constituency.
Periakaruppan has also sought an interim injunction to restrain TVK's Seenivasa Sethupathi from participating in any legislative process in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly pending disposal of the writ petition.
He has also sought direction to the Returning Officer for No 185 constituency to furnish the video footage of the mandatory reverification process in accordance with Clause 19.10.3 of the Handbook for the Returning Officer, 2023.
Case Title: KR Periakaruppan v The Chief Election Officer and Others
Case No: WP 19287 of 2026