(1) At the conclusion of the trial of an election petition, the Election Tribunal shall make an order, --

(a) persuade any person to give his vote at an election; or

(b) declaring the election of all or any of the returned candidates to be void; or

(c) declaring the election of all or any of the returned candidates to be void and the petitioner or any other candidate to have been duly elected.

(2) If any person who has filed an election petition has, in addition tocalling in question the election of the returned candidate, claimed declaration that he himself or any other candidate has been duly elected and the Election Tribunal is of opinion, --

(a) that in fact the petitioner or such other candidate received a majority of the valid votes, or

(b) that but for the votes obtained by the returned candidate by corrupt or illegal practices the petitioner or such other candidate would have obtained a majority of the valid votes,

the Tribunal shall, after declaring the election of the returned candidate to be void, declare the petitioner or such other candidate, as the case may be, to have been duly elected.