Chennai, Sept. 28 -- The Madras High Court on Monday rejected DMK candidate KR Periyakaruppan's election petition challenging the election of TVK MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi from the Tiruppattur Assembly constituency in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, which he won by just one vote.

Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan allowed Sethupathi's application under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, holding that the election petition did not contain the requisite material facts to establish a complete cause of action under the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

The court held that the allegations regarding the alleged misdirection of a postal ballot, discrepancies in counting and the alleged failure to re-verify postal ballots did not...