Defeated Candidate Wins After SC Recounts Votes in Sarpanch Election

SC overturns 2022 gram panchayat poll result in Haryana after recounting votes

The court directed its registrar to recount the votes, which found that the candidate who lost had secured 51 more votes than the declared winner.

Defeated candidate wins after SC recounts votes in sarpanch election

The recount, done by a Registrar of the Supreme Court under video surveillance in the Supreme Court, turned the election result on its head. Mohit Kumar, who had been declared as defeated in the previous result, won by a good margin in the election to a Haryana gram panchayat

"All This Blunder Happened In Only One Booth, Complete Mess Created By Returning Officer", Says Supreme Court Overturning Haryana Panchayat Result After Recount - The Commune

In a rare step, the Supreme Court has overturned the results of a Gram Panchayat election in Haryana after summoning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to itself and directing a recount of votes by its Registrar. Upon recounting, the ‘defeated’ candidate, Mohit Kumar, was found to have polled 51 more votes than Kuldeep Singh, who had been declared elected earlier. Directing immediate corrective action, the Bench ordered the Deputy Commissioner-cu…