JUDGMENT - S.S. DANI, J. :---The petitioner challenges the election of respondent No. 1 to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the constituency No. 184- Partur Assembly Constituency.

2.The petitioner and the respondents No. 1 to 12 are the candidates contesting the said election held on 9-2-1995. The counting of the said election was done on 11-3-1995 and in the said counting the respondent No. 1 secured highest numbers of votes i.e. 37, 911 while the present petitioner and the respondent No. 2 secured 37,790 and 28,782 votes respectively. The respondent No. 1 has, therefore, been declared duly elected from the said constituency having secured highest number of votes. The petitioner was contesting the said election as an official candidate of Bhartiya Janata Party with the symbol of LOTUS while the respondent No. 1 was Congress- I candidate contesting with the election symbol of HAND and the respondent No. 2, who is the independent candidate with the symbol of UMBRELLA. The respondent No. 3 to 12 were independent candidates contesting the said election from the constituency. It is alleged by the petitioner that the actions and decisions of the Returning Officer respondent No.

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