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(a) Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976)-------S. 70---Election petition---Security concerns at polling stations---Proof---Corrupt or illegal practices at the election---Scope---Petitioner, who was the runner-up candidate for a seat of National Assembly, alleged that there were serious security concerns at all the polling stations in the constituency, therefore, he wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and several other election officials praying therein to provide adequate security arrangement at the polling stations but to no avail; that in such circumstances conduct of general elections was affected and also paved the way for the returned candidate and his supporters to rig the election at a large scale---Validity---During his cross-examination petitioner admitted that the Election Commission did not declare any polling station of the constituency as sensitive---Petitioner also admitted that in the entire constituency not even a single incident of baton charge by the police took place---Overall situation in the constituency was conducive, which made it possible to conduct the polling throughout the day without any hindrance---Petitioner showed his concern due to insufficient security staff at polling stations but failed to point out any single unpleasant incident in the constituency on the polling day---Although there were a few incidents of bomb explosions in the city on polling day but none within present constituency, therefore, a large turnout of voters was seen in the constituency---Petitioner failed to produce any tangible evidence to prove his case in the light of the allegations made in the petition---Election petition was dismissed accordingly. (b) Representation of the People Act (LXXXV of 1976)--- ----Ss. 39 & 70---Election petition---Illegality during consolidation of results---Scope---Petitioner, who was the runner-up candidate for a seat of National Assembly, alleged that the Returning Officer committed serious illegalities during the consolidation proceedings in respect of consolidation of statements of count as the votes polled in favour of the petitioner were reduced and the votes polled in favour of the returned…

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