1. This Election Petition is filed under Sections 80, 80A, 81, 83, 84 and 100(1)(d) and 101 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (for short, the R.P. Act), seeking to (a) declare the election of the first respondent from 275–Madakasira Assembly Constituency, Ananthapur District, State of Andhra Pradesh, in the Assembly General Elections held in the month of April, 2014 as illegal, null, void and set aside the same; and (b) declare the petitioner as duly elected from 275–Madakasira Assembly Constituency, Ananthapur District, State of Andhra Pradesh in the General Elections held in the month of April, 2014, with the following averments.

2. The Election Commission of India issued a press-note on 05.3.2014 to conduct General Elections-2014 for the Legislative Assemblies of different States. As per the press-note, the elections for the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh were scheduled to be conducted in two phases i.e., on 30.4.2014 for Telangana area and on 07.5.2014 for Seemandhra area. In the Election Notification issued on 12.4.2014, the Elec