412 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
7. That the result of the election of the said Parliamentary Constituency was declared by the Returning Officer on 11th January to be as follows :—
(i) That the Petitioners 1 and 2 polled respectively
1,23,576 and 1,39,741 votes;
(ii) That the Respondent Nos. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 polled 96,755; 40,786; 1,49,138; 15,195; 1,38,137 and 12,560 votes respectively;
(iii) That the Respondent No. 5 was elected to the reserved seat and the Respondent No. 3 was elected to the remaining seat from the said Constituency; and
(iv) That it was further declared by the Returning Officer that the total number of valid votes polled in the said Constituency was 7,15,888 and that the total number of invalid votes was
74,333;
8. That the Petitioners rely on the declaration of the result made by the Returning Officer, a copy whereof is hereto annexed and marked A.
9. That the result of the said election was published in the Gazette of India (Extra ordinary) Part-I Section I, dated 26th January 1952, at page 130. The respective returns of election expenses have been duly lodged with the Returning Officer under Rule 112 of the Representation of the People (Conduct of Election and Election Petitions) Rules, 1951, by the Petitioner No. 1 on 10th March 1952 and by the Petitioner No. 2 on 7th March 1952.
10. The Petitioners say that the Returning Officer has declared at the counting of the votes that the candidates who contested the election had obtained several double votes which the Returning Officer had to cancel as being null and void. The Petitioners say that