TRIBUNAL OF BENI-SUEF 22 MAY 1911. MM. Abd-el-Rahman Ibrahim Effendi (Pres.); Youssef Mina Effendi, Muhammad Ezzat Effendi (JJ.); Saleh Hakky Bey (State Rep.). MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM GALAL EL-DIN v. NASHID HANNA BEY I, II, III. Elections — Undue influence — Administrative authorities—Payment of expenses—Buying of votes; IV. Elections – Absence of an electoral delegate through death. (Electoral Law of 1st May 1883.) I.—The petitioner asked that an election should be declared invalid by reason of the action of the administrative authorities, particulars of which are given in the judgment, and which he alleged to constitute undue influence; Held, that action by the administrative authorities, in order to render an election invalid on the ground of undue influence, must be of a character to interfere with the freedom of the electors and to induce them to vote contrary to their own judgment, and that none of the facts proved fulfilled these conditions. II.—The payment by the candidate elected of the expenses of the journey of electoral delegates to the place where the election was held and of their lodging for the night preceding the election, is not a ground for invalidating the election. (1) III.—The buying of votes by the candidate elected would, if proved, be a ground for invalidating the election. IV.—The fact that an electoral delegate has died and has not been replaced, is not a ground for invalidating the election, if the majority obtained by the candidate elected is such that the result of the election could not have been affected by the additional vote. (1) Cited in the judgment DALLOZ, Rép. Vol. XIX, v° Droit Politique, No. 985.