Invalid Votes News Today

9.23pm (Sunday): Here we go. The count is complete and here is (potentially) my last update of what has been a marathon weekend.

Lok Sabha Elections News: Karauli–Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 parliamentary seats in Rajasthan.

Supreme Court declares AAP's Kuldeep Kumar as winner of Chandigarh mayoral poll, orders recounting of votes and prosecution of returning officer. Get the latest updates on the controversial election and allegations of electoral malpractices.

BJP leader Manoj Sonkar resigned as the mayor of Chandigarh and three AAP councillors joined the BJP, a day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea alleging irregularities in the recent mayoral polls.

On his petition alleging fraud in BJP’s win and forgery in rejection of the eight votes, the High Court on Wednesday only issued notice and listed the matter after three weeks.

The BJPs Manoj Sonkar secured victory in the Chandigarh mayoral election with 16 votes, while AAPs Kuldeep Kumar received 12 votes. The results triggered allegations of fraud from the Congress-AAP alliance, citing the declaration of eight invalid votes and accusing the presiding officer of tampering with ballot papers. AAPs candidate filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking the invalidation of the polls and a fresh election under the supervision of a retired HC judge. The BJ...

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Manoj Sonkar was declared as the Mayor after he bagged 16 votes against the 12 votes received by the Congress-AAP candidate

Mr Uzodinma, the candidate of the APC, was announced the winner in each of the 27 local governments at the INEC collation centre in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

After South Korea's ruling People Power Party suffered a landslide loss in a key by-election in October, posts surfaced online alleging votes cast by more than 250,000 people were declared "invalid". But official poll records show this figure closely resembles the number of abstentions -- eligible people who did not vote on election day. Only around 1,100 votes were declared invalid, South Korea's election body told AFP.

The APC candidate a serving lawmaker came third in the election