News India Lok Sabha poll, May 22: As it happened

Lok Sabha poll, May 22: As it happened

The EC has informed that a 24-hour EVM Control Room has been made functional at Nirvachan Sadan to monitor complaints relating to polled EVMs. Any complaints during counting related to EVMs can be informed at the control room number is 011-23052123.

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To address the concerns raised by leaders of 20 opposition parties, the Election Commission (EC) met on Wednesday. On Tuesday, leaders of different political parties met the poll panel to voice their concerns over Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and use of VVPATs. 

The delegation comprised of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu, Nationalist Congress Party's Praful Patel, DMK's Kanimozhi, Trinamool Congress' Derek O'Brien, Samajwadi Party's  Ram  Gopal  Yadav,  Bahujan  Samaj  Party's  Satish  Chandra Misra, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Manoj Jha,  Communist Party of India leader D. Raja, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitraram Yechury. 

The delegation requested that the verification of VVPAT slips of five randomly identified polling stations should be done prior to beginning the counting of votes and not after completion of the last round. They also sought that if any discrepancy is found anywhere during the VVPAT verification, 100 per cent counting of paper slips of VVPATs of all polling stations of that assembly segment should be done, reported IANS.

Meanwhile, the EC has informed that a 24-hour EVM Control Room has been made functional at Nirvachan Sadan to monitor complaints relating to polled EVMs. Any complaints during counting related to EVMs can be informed at control room number is 011-23052123. Stay here for all the political updates from today:

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Live updates : Lok Sabha poll, May 22: As it happened

  • 2:28 PM (IST)

    Bihar: Security outside a counting centre in AN College, Patna ahead of counting of votes for Lok Sabha Election 2019 tomorrow.

  • 2:03 PM (IST)

    EC rejects demands of opposition parties' regarding VVPAT

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  • 12:40 PM (IST)

    Three-tier security present at EVM Strong Room. All counting agents,polling agents & candidates to be frisked before entering the area. Movement of EVMs & counting to be done under police presence & CCTV surveillance: Bhopal Collector S Khade

  • 12:39 PM (IST)

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  • 10:41 AM (IST)

    West Bengal: Polling underway at polling station number 200 in North Kolkata parliamentary constituency. ECI had declared void the poll held on 19 May at the polling station.

  • 10:06 AM (IST)

    My party president has said that we are confident of getting more than 300 seats. We'll form the govt with NDA allies. If other parties seeing the national mood want to also join in, I think, BJP will keep an open mind: BJP's Baijayant Jay Panda on being asked if BJD will support NDA

  • 9:34 AM (IST)

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  • 9:32 AM (IST)

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  • 9:30 AM (IST)

    NCP leader Jaydutt Kshirsagar to join Shiv Sena today

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  • 9:28 AM (IST)

    Kerala BJP has decided to sue and prosecute Finance Minister Thomas Isaac of CPM for a defamatory statement he made on May 6. I have claimed Rs 10 cr as compensation besides seeking criminal prosecution against Isaac: BJP Kerala unit president PS Sreedharan Pillai

  • 9:27 AM (IST)

    A 24-hour EVM Control Room has been made functional at Nirvachan Sadan to monitor complaints relating to polled EVMs. Any complaints during counting related to EVMs can be informed at control room number is 011-23052123: Election Commission of India