Balwanga v Electoral Commission & 2 Ors
Balwanga v Electoral Commission & 2 Ors (Election Petition No. 0047 of 2011) [2012] UGHC 223 (1 November 2012)
The court found that the election was not conducted in full compliance with the Parliamentary Elections Act, specifically regarding the mandatory recount provision. The margin of thirty votes between the petitioner and the declared winner triggered a mandatory recount under section 54, which was requested in writing before transmission of results to the Electoral Commission. The 2nd respondent's decision to halt the recount due to missing seals, despite no evidence of tampering, was unjustified and amounted to non-compliance. This failure, combined with unresolved issues regarding invalidated…
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- Parliamentary Elections Act Compliance
- Mandatory Recount Procedure
- Disenfranchisement Of Voters
- Invalidated Votes
- Ballot Box Security