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New Delhi:It was a draw of lots that sealed the fate of senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the partys Rajya Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh, Tuesday night.. Singhvi lost to BJPs Harsh Mahajan despite both of them getting equal number of votes, 34, for the sole Rajya Sabha seat, the election for which was held Tuesday.What decided Mahajans win was the decision of the returning officer, who was the chief electoral officer of the state, to hold a draw of lot as per Rule 75 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961...
Subsection 4 of the rule states that if two or more candidates have got equal number of votes, which is credited the same value, then the returning officer shall decide by lot which of them shall be excluded...
With both Mahajan and Singhvi getting 34 votes each, chief electoral officer Maneesh Garg, who was the returning officer, decided to hold a draw of lots..
He added that the process is the same for deciding the winning candidate in case of the Lok sabha elections if the first two candidates have polled equal number of votes..
In 2017, BJPs Meena Agarwal was chosen the winner in the Mathura Vrindavan Municipal Corporation election through a draw of lottery when both she and the Congress candidate secured 874 votes each...
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