The postal applications were not accepted and Cerit lost the election by 87 votes.
BBC: Ashford council candidate guilty of electoral fraud
Canterbury Crown Court heard Cerit delivered 200 postal vote applications to the council with forged signatures.
BBC: Kent
Cencizham Cerit, 47, of Primrose Drive, Ashford, stood for election to Ashford Borough Council in November 2011.
Searches of Cerit's home and a fast-food takeaway business he owned in Ashford revealed copies of forged documents.
Canterbury Crown Court heard Cerit delivered 200 postal vote applications to the council containing false or forged signatures.
Cerit had denied two counts of using false instrument and one count of causing or committing a false statement to appear in a nomination paper.
Cencizham Cerit, 47, of Primrose Drive, Ashford, was found guilty of forging the signatures of his tenants to try and win an election in November 2011.
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