The Supreme Court has rejected the application to cancel the Maharashtra assembly elections. This application was filed by Chetan Chandrakant Ahire, a voter of Vikhroli constituency. He alleged that “76 lakh fake votes” were allegedly cast after the voting time was over during the elections held on November 2024.
A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh upheld the Bombay High Court’s decision in this case. The court said that Ahire’s application lacks legal merit, essence and rights.
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The Maharashtra assembly elections held in November 2024 last year recorded 66.05% turnout, which was the highest polling percentage since 1995. In these elections, BJP got the most seats and its alliance won 235 out of 288 seats.
Bombay High Court also dismissed a petition
The Bombay High Court also dismissed Ahire’s petition on 25 June 2025. The bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Arif Doctor in the High Court had said that no concrete base was presented in this case.
Demand for cancellation of election results from Supreme Court
In the Supreme Court, Ahire had demanded that the results of all 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra be canceled, the election certificates issued to the winning candidates should be withdrawn and the ballot papers should be resumed. He claimed that about 76 lakh votes were illegally cast after 6 pm on 20 November 2024 on the day of polling.
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Ahire cited an RTI in support of his claim and said that no official data of these alleged additional votes is available. However, the Supreme Court clarified that such arguments are not legally durable and no concrete evidence was presented in the case.
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