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Mayor's victory to face election court inquiry

An election court will sit to judge whether independent Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman’s victory can stand.

By MJ Correspondent | 30 July 2014

An election court will sit to judge whether independent Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman's victory can stand.

A commissioner will be appointed who will fix the date after Mr Rahman's High Court bid to block a challenge to his win was rejected.

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