Udayakumara Mylvaganam v. Dayananda Dissanayake and Others – CAEP01/2010-2012

In the case between Udayakumara Mylvaganam and Suppiah Sathasiwam (Petitioners) and Dayananda Dissanayake, Commissioner of Elections, Department of Elections, and others (Respondents), the court addressed whether a Parliamentary election could be declared void only in respect of selected candidates or must be declared void for the entire electoral district, pursuant to the Parliamentary Elections Act No. 1 of 1981. It was held that the statutory scheme does not permit a declaration rendering only part of a district’s election void; such relief must apply to the whole district. The court emphasized that the pleadings did not aver sufficient grounds under Section 92(2) (such as corrupt or illegal practice or candidate ineligibility) and did not comply with the requisite procedural requiremen