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Disputes regarding election: (a) No election of a member of Municipal Council or Town Council shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to the Election Tribunal appointed by the Govt in this behalf within 15 (fifteen) days of the date of the publication of the result of election under section 44. (b) An election petition calling in question any such election may be presented under any of the grounds specified in section 47 by any candidate at such election by an elector of the ward concerned or any member. (c) A petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition all the candidates at the election. 22 An election petition- i. shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies; ii. shall with sufficient particulars, set forth the ground(s) on which the election is called in question and iii. shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner for verification of pleadings in the spirit of the code of Civil Procedure, 1908.