Chennai, Sept. 17 -- The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea filed by TVK MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi seeking rejection of DMK candidate KR Periyakaruppan's election petition challenging his (Seenivasa's) victory with a margin of one vote in the Tiruppattur Assembly constituency.

Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan reserved the order after hearing Senior Advocate V Raghavachari, appearing for Sethupathi, who led arguments on the application.

Sethupathi had defeated Periyakaruppan by just one vote in the election. He secured 83,375 votes against Periyakaruppan's 83,374 votes.

Sethupathi has sought rejection of the election petition under Order VII Rule 11(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure, contending that it does not disclos...