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Declare candidate winner if he gets 51 per cent votes: Aamir

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ANI Posted: Oct 13, 2009 at 1628 hrs IST
Aamir khanAamir said a candidate should be declared elected only if he has polled 51 per cent of the votes in his constituency.
Bollywood stars - Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar were among the prominent celebrities who cast their votes in the last one hour of polling for the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Tuesday.

Aamir turned up at the polling booth in Bandra west a couple of minutes before 4 pm while Akshay Kumar exercised his franchise at Juhu.

Talking to reporters after casting his vote, Aamir said a candidate should be declared elected only if he has polled 51 per cent of the votes in his constituency.

"This will ensure that the winning candidate represents all sections of the society," he said.

To a question on the politics around "Marathi" issue, Aamir said he was scared of politicians who use caste and religion to divide the society.

Among the other film personalities who exercised their vote as citizens included Anupam Kher, Zayed Khan, Arshad Warsi, Ranjeet.

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Duties by Harsh on 2009-10-14 12:51:47.743169+05:30 If this 51 per cent becomes reality then each and every month we have to conduct the election and democracy will slowly covert in to dictatorship. The people should have faith in the system introduce by the constitution and constitution makers and implementers have certainly more maturity than common citizen. Therefore, common citizen should concentrate to perform his or her constitutional duties that are only essential to improve their day to day life.

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