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Ambrocio Janairo, Et Al. vs. Commission On Elections, Et Al.

AMBROCIO JANAIRO and FRANCISCO MADARCOS, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ROMULO LUMAWIG, and SIMPLICIO EGINA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28315 | 1967-12-08

R E S O L U T I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

In the local election held November 14, 1967 for the offices of Mayor and Vice-Mayor of the municipality of Caluya, province of Antique, the contending candidates were Ambrosio Janairo and Romulo Lumawig, and Francisco Madarcos and Simplicio Egina, respectively. 

On November 24, 1967 the team of Ambrosio Janairo and Francisco Madarcos filed a petition for mandamus before this Court, alleging in substance: that the respondents Romulo Lumawig and Simplicio Egina obtained a plurality of 23 votes over the petitioners; that there were eleven election precincts in the entire municipality of...