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Mohamad-Ali Dimaporo vs. Manuel Estipona, Et Al.

MOHAMAD-ALI DIMAPORO, petitioner, vs. HON. MANUEL ESTIPONA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-17358 | 1961-05-30

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

Mohamad-Ali Dimaporo and Salvador T. Lluch were candidates for the office of provincial governor of Lanao del Norte in the elections held on November 10, 1959. After the canvass of the votes, the provincial board of canvassers found that Dimaporo obtained 27,537 votes while Lluch 27,259 votes and so it proclaimed the former as the duly elected governor of said province. 

On December 10, 1959, Lluch filed a protest with the court of first instance praying to annul the election in 92 precincts spread out in different municipalities on the grounds, among others, that the elections were not...