Madras High Court bins challenge to DMK MLA Velu’s win: ‘955 rejected votes alarming’
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition challenging Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA E V Velu's election victory in the Tiruvannamalai Assembly poll. The court rejected the petitioner's claims regarding alleged irregularities in nomination, polling, postal ballot, counting and EVM/VVPAT procedures. Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that even if all the rejected postal ballots had favored the petitioner, the 2,455-vote margin would still have secured Velu's win.
The court dismissed the petition, stating that it failed to demonstrate a triable issue and that the allegations did not form a cause of action.
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