M. K. Stalin Challenges Kolathur Election Result in Madras High Court
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DMK President M. K. Stalin filed a petition in the Madras High Court on August 24, 2026, seeking to void the election victory of TVK candidate V. S. Babu in the Kolathur Assembly constituency. Stalin is requesting that the court declare him the duly elected representative for the constituency. In his petition, Stalin stated that his authorized representative, senior advocate N. R. Elango, discovered grave and alarming irregularities during the verification of the Control Unit, Ballot Unit, and VVPAT for 14 selected EVM sets. Stalin alleges that the District Election Officer declared the verification successful on August 5 without addressing the specific failures and objections raised by Elango. Consequently, Stalin is seeking a direction for authorities to conduct a 100 percent count of VVPAT slips and a verification of all 286 machines used in the Kolathur constituency.
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- The center-left leaning source provided detailed procedural allegations regarding the failure of the District Election Officer to address technical irregularities.
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- The center leaning source focused on the legal action and the demand for a full VVPAT count.
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