Section 143: Parties to the petition

143. Parties to the petition.—(1) The petitioner shall join as respondents to his election petition all other contesting candidates. (2)The Election Tribunal may direct the petitioner to join any other person as respondent against whom any specific allegation of contravention of this Act has been made. (3)The petitioner shall serve a copy of the election petition with all annexures on each respondent, personally or by registered post or courier service, before or at the time of filing the election petition.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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