Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Did the two invalidated votes matter?

August 10, 2017 09:12

Counting in the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat did not go into the second round. Three of the four candidates were elected on the basis of first preference votes after two votes were invalidated. Had these votes not been invalidated, would Ahmed Patel of the Congress still have won? An examination.

Ahmed Patel of the Congress may have won the Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat even if the two invalidated votes cast in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party had been allowed, given the peculiarities of the system of single transferable vote.

In fact, what gave Mr. Patel the edge was his unassailable lead over his BJP rival. If he had got one vote less, it was possible that the third BJP nominee would have sailed through, depending on how many second preference votes he gathered.

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