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“The selective and inconsistent application of an inherently flawed and speculative yardstick, therefore, exposes the self-serving and mala fide nature of the present application,” it said.EC said the attempt to portray all deletions as “effective disenfranchisement” was wholly incorrect and misleading. “It is humbly submitted that even assuming, without admitting, the correctness of the figures relied upon by the applicant, once the removals pertaining to ineligible ASDD (absent, shifted, duplicate/dead, and demoted/displaced) entries are excluded, the applicant’s own data demonstrates that in several constituencies, the number of adjud-icated deletions is lower than the margin of defeat,” it said.This data, therefore, “completely demolished” the “speculative theory that the adjudication exercise altered the electoral outcome,” the affidavit said.
