Mallah had defeated Choudhury by 18,360 votes, a margin of round 1.6 per cent.
Choudhury subsequently filed an election petition alleging that Mallah had dedicated a number of “corrupt practices” through the marketing campaign and on polling day, together with widespread rigging, sales space capturing, voter intimidation and bribery.
He additional claimed that a number of complaints concerning these alleged irregularities have been made to election officers and the Election Fee of India (ECI), however no motion was taken.
Choudhury additionally questioned the integrity of the counting course of. In keeping with him, the ECI’s voter-turnout information confirmed that 11,36,538 votes had been polled. The determine elevated to 11,43,796 after postal ballots have been included.
Nonetheless, he claimed that 11,47,607 votes have been finally counted, leading to an unexplained distinction of three,811 votes.
In April 2025, the Gauhati Excessive Courtroom dismissed Choudhury’s petition on the threshold after figuring out sure defects within the copy served on Mallah. It didn’t look at the allegations in opposition to the BJP chief on deserves.
Choudhury challenged this determination earlier than the Supreme Courtroom.
