(1) The concerned candidate in any election may, in any of the following circumstances, file a petition in the Court directly or through the
District Election Officer designated by the Commission to have the counting of votes declared void within fifteen days of the date of cause of action:
(a) another candidate has won the election by illegally securing votes  despite that he or she or any other candidate has secured majority;
(b) the ballot papers to be invalid have not been invalidated or the ballot papers to be valid in accordance with laws have not been validated;
(c) the counting of votes has not been done in accordance with laws.
(2) Where a petition filed pursuant to Sub-section (1) is proved, the Court may void such counting of votes and recount the votes.
(3) Where, in recounting the votes pursuant to Sub-section (2), the petitioner candidate or any other candidate is proved to have secured majority of votes and
the election result appears to have been affected by that reason, the election result of the elected candidate shall be void; and the Court shall declare the petitioner
candidate or any other candidate to have been elected in accordance with the laws.