First instance body dealing with electoral disputes
Bangladesh
Answer
Court of general jurisdiction (including Supreme Court)
Source
Representation of the People Order, 1972, As amended in 2009
CHAPTER V ELECTION DISPUTES
49. (1)No election shall be called in question except by an election petitionpresented by a candidate for that election in accordance with the provisions ofthis Chapter.
(2) An election petition shall be presented tothe High Court Division within such time as may be prescribed.
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51. (2) A petitioner may claim as relief any ofthe following declarations, namely-
(a) that the election of the returned candidateis void;
(b) that the election of the returned candidateis void and that the petitioner or some other person has been duly elected; or
(c) that the election as a whole is void.
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