1. The election to the 13-Ferozepur Parliamentary Constituency was held in February, 1992. The petitioner lost the election to Mr. Mohan Singh, respondent No. 1 by a margin of 1296 votes. He has now questioned the election of the respondent through this election petition.

2. The petitioner avers that he was a candidate of the Congress (I) party. The polling took place on 19/02/1992, and the counting of the ballot papers was done on 20/02/1992. A total of 9 candidates has contested the election. The result was declared on 21/02/1992. The various candidates polled the votes as under:-

1. Sh. Santokh Singh 1,49,607 (Petitioner) Cong. (I) 2. Sh. Mohan Singh s/o Kansa Singh, BSP 1,50,903 3. Sh. Anish Kumar, Janta Dal 9,519 4. Sh. Surjit Kumar, BJP 92,401 5. Sh. Lakhmir Singh Sad (Kabul) 19,791 6. Sh. H. S. Bhullar, Independent 7,867 7. Sh. Daulat Ram, Independent 1,315 8. Sh. Nasib Singh, Independent 1,740 9. Sh. Mohan Singh s/o Iqbal Singh (Independent) 1,424

The petitioner avers that Mr. Nasib Singh, a former Congress man who "had remained as a Deputy Minister and Deputy Speaker in the Giani -ail Singhs Ministry from 1972-77 decided to withdraw the candidature from the Ferozep