R. Narayanan vs S. Semmalai And Ors on 6 September, 1979
2704WP2251-26.odt 9 Judgment
"12. Even before P. K. K. Samsudeen, in R. Narayanan vs. S.
Semmalai, (1980)2 SCC 537, the High Court granted the
prayer of the defeated candidate and orders re-counting
observing (like the present case) that although there was no
clear evidence of any irregularity in counting, there was a
possibility of erroneous sorting and counting of votes. Another
circumstances weighed with the High Court was small margin
of votes (19 votes) between the returned candidate and the
defeated candidate.