Contents of the petition

An election petition– (a) shall state the right of the petitioner to petition within section 48; (b) shall state the holding and result of the (c) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies; (d) shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt or illegal practice that the petitioner alleges, including as full a statement as possible of the names of the parties alleged to have committed such corrupt or illegal practice and the date and place of the commission of such practice, and shall also be accompanied by an affidavit in support of the allegation of such REVISED EDITION 2018 41 corrupt or illegal practice and the date and place of the commission of such practice; (e) shall conclude with a prayer as, for instance, that some specified person should be declared duly returned or elected, or that the election should be declared void, or as the case may be, and shall be signed by all the petitioners, Provided, however, that nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed or construed to require evidence to be stated in the petition.