India, May 11 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Madras High Court on Monday that the poll body had no jurisdiction to act on Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader KR Periyakaruppan's complaint over a disputed postal ballot after the declaration of results in the Tiruppattur assembly constituency election.

ECI told a bench of Justices L Victoria Gowri and N Senthil Kumar that Periyakaruppan raised no objections during counting and argued that the ECI ceased to have any role after the declaration of results.

Senior counsel G Rajagopalan, who appeared for ECI, also told the Court that Periyakaruppan had produced no evidence to substantiate the allegation that election officials had sent a postal ballot to the wrong Tirupp...