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There are statistical procedures to identify anomalies in election results that might be caused by fraud, manipulation, or gross error. However, the anomalies are not necessarily due to such irregularities, but possibly due to other socio-geographical or political-strategic processes. This is a common problem in the social sciences, which often relies on observational data rather than controlled experiments.