Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file an affidavit explaining its delay in responding to a disputed postal ballot in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppattur assembly constituency.
DMK leader KR Periyakaruppan lost the seat to TVK candidate R Seenivasa Sethupathi by a single vote in the 2026 assembly elections.
Periyakaruppan claimed that a postal ballot was wrongly sent to another constituency and thus rejected, which could have altered the election outcome.
The court questioned the ECI over its silence on the complaint and will continue hearing the matter on May 11.
