The battle for the cash rich civic polls in Mumbai was an interesting and it became more interesting at Ward 220 which covers areas like area like Null Bazar, Kamathipura and Grant road, as a seven year old decided the fate of that ward.
According to a report, During counting on Thursday the result first went in favour of Shiv Sena’s Surendra Bagalkar, with a victory margin of three votes. Soon, his rival, BJP’s Atul Shah, demanded a recount. The recounting was done thrice, and both candidates ended up in a tie all three times, with 5,946 votes each.
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The seat finally went to the former MLA and BJP candidate Atul Shah, following a rare lottery was conducted to pick the winner.
After holding a recount thrice in the presence of candidates — as is mandatory in the case of a tie — BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta rushed to the counting centre in Mumbai Central. As per procedure, chits with the two candidates’ names were thrown into a lucky draw of sorts, and a seven-year-old girl picked the winner.
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The Sena by then had won 84 seats in the city and were hoping to add one more to improve its tally, as none of the parties had reached the required 114-mark to control the civic body.
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