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The feasible, well-suited, and marvelous structure of complex spherical fuzzy set compliments the decision-making efficiency and ranking calibre of ELECTRE I approach to present a beneficial and supreme aptitude strategy for MAGDM. Beside the proposed methodology, a few non-fundamental properties of complex spherical fuzzy weighted averaging (<jats:italic>CSFWA<\/jats:italic>) operator inclusive of shift invariance, homogenous, linearity, and additive property are also explored. The proposed procedure validates the individual opinions into an acceptable form by the dint of <jats:italic>CSFWA<\/jats:italic> operator and the aggregated opinions are further analyzed by the proposed complex spherical fuzzy- ELECTRE I (<jats:italic>CSF<\/jats:italic>-ELECTRE I) method. Within the consideration of proposed methodology, normalized Euclidean distances of complex spherical fuzzy numbers are also contemplated. 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