complex integral of 1/z independent of choice of ellipse?

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Can Someone please help me with the following.

complex integral of 1/z over an ellipse is independent of choice of ellipse centered at zero.

Why is this the case. Is it due to homotopy invariance, if so how?

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For every curve surrounding the pole of the function ($0$) exactly once, the complex integral over this curve is equal to the so-called residue.

Every ellipse around the origin has this property.