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004526 AI generated

Court holds only election irregularities affecting the general result are relevant for judicial review.

Case Number 004526
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

Legislator summary

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The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the judicial review filed by Mamede Carvalho against the Monção City Council regarding irregularities in the voting bulletin. The court found that the alleged irregularities did not influence the overall result of the election. Consequently, the court ruled that only irregularities capable of altering the general outcome are legally relevant.

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ELEIÇÃO BOLETIM DE VOTO IRREGULARIDADES ELEITORAIS

Keywords

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election judicial review voting bulletin irregularities general election result administrative election law relevant irregularities standard

Cited Legislation

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DL 37570 de 1949/10/03 Art. 77
Lei Eleitoral de 1913/07/03 Art. 120

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR ADM CONT - ELEITORAL. [LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] DL 37570 DE 1949/10/03 ART77. L ELEITORAL DE 1913/07/03 ART120. [ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 1957 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00026586 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA119550401004526 [Nº DO VOLUME] XXI [OBJECTO] SENT AUDITORIA PORTO. [PAGINA] 27 [PRIVACIDADE] 01 [RECORRENTE] CARVALHO , MAMEDE [RECORRIDO 1] PRES DA CM DE MONÇÃO [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/69632275DD7DBB19802568FC0037CB2C?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Em materia de eleições so são relevantes as irregularidades cometidas que possam influir no resultado geral da eleição.