lowest vote' and further treating it as 'one' having obtained any vote.
9. Shri Singhvi emphasized that "Zero" vote means ... vote' by drawing 'blank', cannot be said to have obtained 'lowest vote' because 'Zero' vote
defective due to which though 511 votes were polled, 'zero' votes were shown to main contestants. Petitioner also insisted that Returning Officer shall ... votes polled, petitioner and first respondent got 'zero' votes. This itself however cannot amount to improper functioning of EVM. Voter
respondent argues that a person having received no vote should be considered to have received zero vote, which according to him would necessarily ... candidate does nut obtain any vote, he will be said to have obtained zero vote. 'Zero' undoubtedly has a mathematical value intermediate between
pleaded anywhere in
the election petition that he had moved to 22 voting places on the
date of election.
35. It is further submitted that ... also regarding Exhibit-02. It is further submitted
that petitioner got zero votes in sixteen (16) booths and one (01)
vote each in nineteen
polled 53553 votes; the first respondent polled 53313 votes. The first
respondent, thus, lost the election by a margin of 240 votes. An election
petition ... have cast their vote in favour of the Petitioner. To
establish the fact that the Petitioner could not have polled
zero votes
town of Pohri that for
the office of President the voting shall be
held from ... votes were counted and the result
was declared that appellant / respondent
in WP has secured all 11 votes as against
zero votes secured
Body meeting and completed three years regular membership were only entitled to vote but the members were permitted to clear the dues even after ... post of Vice President was declared to have secured zero vote in the first round but on recount he is said to have secured
Budha Ram And Anr. vs State Of Rajasthan And Ors. on 11 June, 1984
Equivalent
final result sheet in place of 320 votes he has been shown to have secured 220 votes is not correct. Similarly about Booth ... that he had secured 1 vote for this booth but in the final result sheet 'zero' vote has been shown against his name
accordingly, it is
also required to deduct 350 votes from the
total votes counted in favour of the
opposite party no.1.
(ii) Another vital ... ballot
papers was that 250 void votes were ought
to have been treated as Zero votes by the
returning officer have illegally and
improperly counted
