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Madras High Court Dismisses Election Petition Against MLA C.V. Shanmugam
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News18•13-10-2026, 11:56
Madras High Court Dismisses Election Petition Against MLA C.V. Shanmugam
- •The Madras High Court dismissed the election petition challenging the victory of Mylam constituency AIADMK MLA and former Law Minister C.V. Shanmugam.
- •C.V. Shanmugam had won the assembly election from the Mylam constituency by a margin of 30,041 votes.
- •A voter named Kamalakannan had filed a petition alleging malpractices and requesting to declare the victory null and void.
- •Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan stated that there was no evidence for the allegations and accepted C.V. Shanmugam's petition to dismiss the case.
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AIADMK candidate and former Law Minister C.V. Shanmugam won the Mylam legislative assembly election by a margin of 30,041 votes.
A voter named Kamalakannan filed an election petition in the Madras High Court alleging that C.V. Shanmugam achieved his victory through various malpractices and requested that the election results be declared null and void.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan dismissed the election petition after accepting C.V. Shanmugam's request and noting that there was no supporting evidence for the allegations made by the petitioner.
