Presentation of petitions.
An election petition calling in question any election may be presented on one or more of the grounds specified in 1sub-section 1 of section 100 and section 101 to the 2High Court by any candidate at such election or any elector 3within forty-five days from, but not earlier than the date of election of the returned candidate or if there are more than one returned candidate at the election and dates of their election are different, the later of those two dates. Explanation.In this sub-section, elector means a person who was entitled to vote at the election to which the election petition relates, whether he has voted at such election or not. 4 5 3 Every election petition shall be accompanied by as many copies thereof as there are respondents mentioned in the petition 6 and every such copy shall be attested by the petitioner under his own signature to be a true copy of the petition.