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Indian election commission did not say opposition candidate received no votes in state polls

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Indian opposition lawmaker Varsha Eknath Gaikwad posted false claim that Congress candidate received no votes in Maharashtra state elections.

Election Commission of India said Kunalbaba Rohidas Patil received 1,057 votes in the village where he ran.

Official records show he received more than a thousand votes in his constituency.

Congress party says it filed complaint over what it called "glaring discrepancies" in voter turnout data, which the ECI denied.