The official said neither Ravindra Waikar nor losing candidate Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (UBT) had sought a recount but verification of invalid postal ballots was demanded and it was done.
Maharashtra news: Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second-largest after Uttar Pradesh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 23 out of 25 seats it contested in alliance with the undivided Shiv Sena.
Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP), which is a part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, is contesting Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Congress. The SP and allies are contesting 63 seats while the 'Grand Old Party' is contesting on 17 seats out of total 80.
The Supreme Court is set to hear pleas today for cross-verification of votes with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. VVPAT, serving as an independent verification system, ensures accurate vote recording.
EVMs testing: The Election Commission stated that testing is being done in a phased manner across the country. It also said that Mock polls are part of the first-level check (FLC) process.
So far, EVMs have been used in four parliamentary elections and 37 Assembly polls, and they have established their credibility due to their accuracy, said Chandra.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said the Election Commission needs to start acting decisively on reports of private vehicles transporting electronic voting machines, and a serious re-evaluation of the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) needs to be carried out by all national parties.
An EVM is an Electronic Voting Machine that is used to conduct electronic voting in elections. EVM’s have been in use since 1999 in India, ensuring tamper-proof voting. EVM is designed with two units: the control unit and the balloting unit.
The incident occurred at around 1 p.m. at the Balapur polling station no. 29 where polling was underway for the second phase of elections in 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, said an Election Commission official.
The finance minister's remarks come in the backdrop of an Indian cyber expert, who is seeking political asylum in the US, claiming that the 2014 general election was "rigged" through EVMs, which are prone to hacking.
New Delhi: Just three months after the BJP-led alliance swept the Lok Sabha polls, the new combine of the RJD, JD-U and Congress stunned the BJP by winning six of the 10 assembly seats in
Lucknow: Brisk balloting took place Monday in Uttar Pradesh's 18 parliamentary seats as a controversy broke out in Varanasi where Congress candidate Ajay Rai walked into a polling station with the party symbol pinned to
Hyderabad: Polling is underway Wednesday for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 assembly seats in Seemandhra amid sporadic clashes between activists of rival parties, officials said.Long queues were seen since early morning at many polling stations
The BJP on Thursday raised the question of efficacy and credibility of electronic voting machines in the recently held Assembly elecvtions. Party general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters in Delhi that his party had
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