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No fresh polls if NOTA votes exceed candidates’
Context
Supreme Court rejects PIL petition, says elections are costly in the country
Petitioners’ View
- If NOTA got the highest number of votes, it would amount to an expression of public dissatisfaction with the candidates in the fray.
- If this happened, the result should have to be nullified by the Election Commission.
SC view
- A voter had the right to express his dissent by staying at home
- Can’t hold an election each time a candidate gets less than 51% of the votes polled
