NDA Ahead in 227 Seats, INDIA bloc in 137: EC
6 months, 2 weeks ago

NDA Ahead in 227 Seats, INDIA bloc in 137: EC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday was ahead with leads in 227 parliamentary seats out of 392 for which trends were available, with the opposition INDIA bloc ahead in at least 137, Election Commission data showed.BJP alone was leading on 187 seats and won Surat uncontested, while Congress was ahead in 70 seats at 9:45 am. Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections has begun across states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said. Counting of votes is also underway for the assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, where polling was held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Since 2019, VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations per assembly constituency -- or segment in the case of Lok Sabha seats -- are matched with the EVM count for greater transparency.

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Maharashtra polls: 1,440 VVPATs verified, results matched, says EC amid INDIA bloc's EVM concerns
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1 week, 5 days ago

Maharashtra polls: 1,440 VVPATs verified, results matched, says EC amid INDIA bloc's EVM concerns

India TV News  

Amid INDIA bloc's concerns over EVM tampering in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections, Maharashtra's Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Kulkarni said in all 1,440 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails were verified during the last month's state assembly polls with their results matching perfectly with Electronic Voting Machine counts. 659 cases of Model Code violation reported Speaking to PTI, Kulkarni …

EC Says No Mismatch in VVPAT, EVM Counting in Maharashtra
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1 week, 5 days ago

EC Says No Mismatch in VVPAT, EVM Counting in Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: In a blow to the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Election Commission on Tuesday rejected the opposition alliance’s claims of VVPAT counting and votes polled in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections. The commission clarified that paper slips from 1,445 VVPAT units were counted across all 288 assembly segments on November 23, with no discrepancies found between the VVPAT slips and the …

No EVM-VVPAT mismatch found, says Maharashtra’s Chief Election Officer amid Opposition’s allegations
Top News
1 week, 6 days ago

No EVM-VVPAT mismatch found, says Maharashtra’s Chief Election Officer amid Opposition’s allegations

Live Mint  

Amid opposition battling for 100 per cent counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips and allegations about a vote mismatch in the recently held Maharashtra Assembly election, state Chief Election Officer on Tuesday said that there was no mis-match found in any of the VVPAT slips matching with their concerned EVM numbers. “In all 288 assembly constituencies, a total …

'No Mismatch Between VVPAT Slips And EVM': Poll Body Clarifies Amid Oppn's Claim During Maharashtra Poll
1 week, 6 days ago

'No Mismatch Between VVPAT Slips And EVM': Poll Body Clarifies Amid Oppn's Claim During Maharashtra Poll

ABP News  

"During the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 as per Supreme Court of India and Election Commission of India guidelines, 5 VVPAT slips at each assembly segment were to be counted, to match it with the numbers in EVM. In all 288 assembly segments, a total number of 1445 VVPAT slips were counted on the same day of counting, which was 23rd …

No discrepancy in VVPAT slips in Maharashtra polls: Election Commission
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1 week, 6 days ago

No discrepancy in VVPAT slips in Maharashtra polls: Election Commission

India Today  

The Election Commission of India has confirmed that no discrepancies were found during the mandatory counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections. The VVPAT slip counting process, mandated by the ECI, involved selecting five polling stations from each assembly constituency through a lottery system. According to the reports received from all 36 …

Election Commission refutes Opposition's claims of VVPAT discrepancy in Maharashtra polls: 'No mismatch found'
1 week, 6 days ago

Election Commission refutes Opposition's claims of VVPAT discrepancy in Maharashtra polls: 'No mismatch found'

India TV News  

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: The Election Commission said on Tuesday denied the Opposition's charge of discrepancy in VVPAT verification of votes in recently held Maharashtra assembly polls, saying that "no mismatch found in any VVPAT voter slips with their EVM numbers." No discrepancy found As per Supreme Court of India and Election Commission of India guidelines, the poll officials must …

Maharashtra polls: ECI denies EVM discrepancies as Opposition continues to question election integrity
1 week, 6 days ago

Maharashtra polls: ECI denies EVM discrepancies as Opposition continues to question election integrity

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released a statement denying claims of discrepancies in electronic voting machines and mismatched tallies between EVM and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The ECI explained that it is mandatory to count the VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations per state assembly constituency and assembly segment. “Accordingly, VVPAT slip count …

OPINION | “Right if we win, Wrong if we lose!”
3 weeks, 4 days ago

OPINION | “Right if we win, Wrong if we lose!”

India TV News  

Maha Vikas Aghadi parties are not ready to accept the recent electoral mandate in Maharashtra. NCP founder Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met all defeated candidates on Wednesday and instructed them to file election petitions for matching EVM results with those of VVPATs. Probably Congress leaders forgot that in June, 2019, BJP had won all 7 Lok …

T.N. BJP begins introspection on Lok Sabha poll performance
5 months, 2 weeks ago

T.N. BJP begins introspection on Lok Sabha poll performance

The Hindu  

Following its Lok Sabha election debacle in Tamil Nadu, the BJP has started introspecting on its performance by conducting constituency-wise post-poll review meetings across the State. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which includes the PMK, AMMK, TMC and a few other regional outfits, suffered a setback in the Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu. According to BJP sources, the party …

ECI receives 11 requests for EVM and VVPAT memory verification post results
6 months ago

ECI receives 11 requests for EVM and VVPAT memory verification post results

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India has received 11 requests for memory verification of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails from the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. While eight requests were received for the Lok Sabha elections, including three each from the BJP and Congress, three requests were for the Assembly polls, according to a statement …

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Jairam Ramesh alleges officials in UP ‘pressurised to win seats’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Jairam Ramesh alleges officials in UP ‘pressurised to win seats’

Live Mint  

With the counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections 2024 underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is leading in 294 seats, while the INDIA bloc is leading in 232 seats. According to the data released by the Election Commission of India at 4:30 p.m., the BJP is leading in 36 Uttar Pradesh, while Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is …

Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: I.N.D.I.A Offers Deputy PM Post To Nitish, Special Status To Andhra In Bid To Woo NDA Partners
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: I.N.D.I.A Offers Deputy PM Post To Nitish, Special Status To Andhra In Bid To Woo NDA Partners

ABP News  

The I.N.D.I.A bloc has offered Nitish Kumar the post of Deputy Prime Minister and a special status to Andhra Pradesh in a bid to lure the parties to form government with the alliance. The results today will end the suspense on who will form the next government in the country amid BJP's '400 paar' slogan and I.N.D.I.A bloc's claim of …

Election Results 2024: NDA candidates lead in Visakhapatnam Assembly and Lok Sabha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024: NDA candidates lead in Visakhapatnam Assembly and Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

NDA candidates have been leading in all the constituencies by the end of the first round in Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha and Assembly seats. By the end of round 1, Telugu Desam Party Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha candidate, M. Sribharat has received about 7,751 votes, while YSR Congress Party candidate Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi has received 3,421 votes. TDP East Constituency candidate has …

Lok Sabha election results: NDA crosses 250-mark, INDIA bloc puts up strong fight | Top developments
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election results: NDA crosses 250-mark, INDIA bloc puts up strong fight | Top developments

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance surged ahead in very early trends, securing leads in over 250 parliamentary seats with the opposition INDIA bloc putting up a strong fight, leading in around 150 seats as the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began on Tuesday morning after a gruelling election that was held in seven phases, …

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Results 2024 highlights: DMK alliance makes a clean sweep of 39/39
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Results 2024 highlights: DMK alliance makes a clean sweep of 39/39

The Hindu  

Polling in Tamil Nadu took place in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election, scheduled on April 19, when all 39 of the State’s constituencies voted. Competition in the State is between the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leading the bloc in Tamil Nadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -led alliance and the …

Lok Sabha results: AIADMK’s future at stake in Tamil Nadu as NDA looks to gain ground
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha results: AIADMK’s future at stake in Tamil Nadu as NDA looks to gain ground

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu witnessed a triangular contest this general elections with the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as the third front into the Dravidian arena. DMK president and chief minister MK Stalin had swept 38 out of the 39 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and has kept the same rainbow alliance intact where Congress is their principal ally. They aim …

ABP-CVoter Exit Poll Result: Will NDA Retain Its Bastion In Bihar? Post-Poll Survey Predicts | ABP News
6 months, 3 weeks ago

ABP-CVoter Exit Poll Result: Will NDA Retain Its Bastion In Bihar? Post-Poll Survey Predicts | ABP News

ABP News  

Ahead of the results for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the ABP News-CVoter exit poll on Saturday predicted a repeat of BJP's 2019 success in Bihar. ABP News in association with CVoter conducted Exit polls to gauge the mood of the nation and found that the I.N.D.I.A bloc is likely to get 3-5 seats, while the NDA is expected to …

Lok Sabha poll highlights: INDIA bloc undermining electoral process, says BJP
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha poll highlights: INDIA bloc undermining electoral process, says BJP

Hindustan Times  

A security personnel carries an EVM to deposit at the strong room after the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in Patna on June 2. Spanning seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the seventh phase of polling covered 57 constituencies, including the high-profile Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is vying for …

BJP's seat tally set to improve in southern states, most exit polls predict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP's seat tally set to improve in southern states, most exit polls predict

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha election exit polls on June 1 predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is all set to improve its tally in the southern states, the results of which will be announced on June 4. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP managed to secure only 29 out of 129 seats across the five southern states of …

CVoter exit poll predicts 353-383 seats for BJP-led NDA, 152-182 for INDIA bloc
6 months, 3 weeks ago

CVoter exit poll predicts 353-383 seats for BJP-led NDA, 152-182 for INDIA bloc

Hindustan Times  

As the long-drawn Lok Sabha elections end, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is predicted to win up to 383 seats, according to poll survey agency C-Voter. If the predictions hold true on the results day on June 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the only second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to win three straight terms to power in …

CVoter Maharashtra exit poll result 2024: Tough battle between NDA, INDIA bloc
6 months, 3 weeks ago

CVoter Maharashtra exit poll result 2024: Tough battle between NDA, INDIA bloc

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra is poised for a neck-and-neck contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections as ABP-CVoter exit poll results 2024 predicted between 22 and 26 seats for the former and between 23 and 25 for the latter. The NDA may secure 45.3 per cent vote share, while the INDIA bloc could end …

All set for counting in Haveri, says Deputy Commissioner Raghunandan Murthy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

All set for counting in Haveri, says Deputy Commissioner Raghunandan Murthy

The Hindu  

Deputy Commissioner of Haveri and Returning Officer for the Haveri Lok Sabha constituency Raghunandan Murthy has said that the district administration had completed all arrangements for the counting of votes of the Lok Sabha elections at the Government Engineering College at in Haveri on June 4. Addressing a press conference after reviewing the arrangements at the college at Devagiri in …

Uttar Pradesh: NDA set for a big win again, predict exit polls
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh: NDA set for a big win again, predict exit polls

Hindustan Times  

As voting for the 18th Lok Sabha election concludes, pollsters on June 1 predicted that the National Democratic Alliance in Uttar Pradesh will improve its tally compared to the 2019 polls. It has also predicted that the Bahujan Samaj Party, which stayed away from forging an alliance with both the BJP and Congress, may get zero seats in the Lok …

Exit Polls 2024: BJP-led NDA to win Andhra Pradesh with 14-25 Lok Sabha seats, predict pollsters
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exit Polls 2024: BJP-led NDA to win Andhra Pradesh with 14-25 Lok Sabha seats, predict pollsters

Live Mint  

The National Democratic Alliance is predicted to sweep Andhra Pradesh in Lok Sabha Elections 2024, most exit polls predicted on June 1. News18 exit polls predict that the BJP is likely to win 4-6 seats in Andhra Pradesh, with the NDA securing 19-22 seats. The YSRCP are likely to win 5-8 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh All 25 Lok …

Exit poll 2024 results: 5 pollsters predict over 350 seats for BJP-led NDA in Lok Sabha elections
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exit poll 2024 results: 5 pollsters predict over 350 seats for BJP-led NDA in Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

At least five exit polls predicted a clear majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA, with the ruling alliance projected to open its account in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and sweep Karnataka in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The most exit polls projected the ruling National Democratic Alliance could win more than 350 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, where …

UP Exit poll 2024 Highlights: Pollsters predict sweep by BJP, NDA
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UP Exit poll 2024 Highlights: Pollsters predict sweep by BJP, NDA

Hindustan Times  

People wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Bihar's Kaimur district, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Uttar Pradesh exit poll 2024 Highlights: Exit poll results released by news channels on Saturday evening showed that the BJP-led NDA is likely to sweep Uttar Pradesh, winning at least …

67.3% voter turnout in Phase 4: Fate of 379 seats sealed
7 months, 1 week ago

67.3% voter turnout in Phase 4: Fate of 379 seats sealed

Hindustan Times  

With a provisional voter turnout of 67.3%, more than 110 million people spread across nine states and one Union territory voted on Monday to elect their representatives in 96 Lok Sabha seats that went to poll in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, marking the end of another high-stakes round that saw citizens from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, …

The Hindu Morning Digest - April 27, 2024
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Morning Digest - April 27, 2024

The Hindu  

Lok Sabha polls | About 61% turnout in Phase II; polling largely peaceful Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in 88 constituencies across 13 States was largely peaceful on Friday, with the voter turnout put at nearly 61%. SC thumbs-up for EVMs, declines plea to revive paper ballot The Supreme Court on April 26 upheld the electronic …

Elections in India a long-drawn affair
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections in India a long-drawn affair

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY It's election season in India. The focus on the Hindi heartland is also because Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting from a parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh — Varanasi — and the four provinces account for 201 of the 543 seats in the Lower House of India's bicameral parliament, and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National …

BJP welcomes SC verdict on pleas seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP welcomes SC verdict on pleas seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party welcomed Friday’s Supreme Court judgment where the apex court affirmed the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines and their integration with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails while rejecting petitions that demanded 100% cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs with the VVPATs or going back to the ballot paper system. Union minister of state for law & justice …

'Good Day': PM Modi Says SC Order A 'Tight Slap' On Those Trying To Malign EVMs
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Good Day': PM Modi Says SC Order A 'Tight Slap' On Those Trying To Malign EVMs

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling in the EVMs-VVPAT case and said the order is a “tight slap” on those people who continuously tried to “malign EVM”. PM Modi further highlighted how every leader of the INDI alliance “committed the sin of creating doubts in the minds of the public regarding EVM” but the Supreme …

Elections 2024 April 26 highlights: Over 63% turnout, LS polls phase-2 has been ‘too good’ for NDA: PM Modi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections 2024 April 26 highlights: Over 63% turnout, LS polls phase-2 has been ‘too good’ for NDA: PM Modi

The Hindu  

This live is now closed. The Supreme Court on April 26 rejected a batch of petitions seeking 100% cross-verification of vote count in electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips. However, it rejected pleas advanced by the petitioners to give voters access to VVPAT paper slips to put physically into the ballot boxes. However, not all …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Supreme Court Likely To Pass Direction On Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally Tomorrow
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Likely To Pass Direction On Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally Tomorrow

News 18  

The Supreme Court is likely to pass directions or seek clarification over a batch of public interest litigations seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to mandatorily cross-verify the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. In April 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the ECI to increase the VVPAT slips from one Electronic …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 phase 1 voting: All India voter turn out at 60% till 5 p.m.
8 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 phase 1 voting: All India voter turn out at 60% till 5 p.m.

The Hindu  

This live is now closed. A voter turnout ranging from 40% to 68% was recorded in the initial hours of polling on April 19 in phase one of 2024 Lok Sabha elections covering 102 constituencies across 17 States and four Union Territories amidst sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal and an IED blast in Chhattisgarh that left a CRPF …

Political carnival, fest of democracy
8 months ago

Political carnival, fest of democracy

Hindustan Times  

The world’s largest festival of electoral democracy begins today. Today, 1,625 candidates are seeking a mandate from 102 constituencies across 21 states: Among the big states, Tamil Nadu will elect all its 39 MPs in this phase. REUTERS/Amit Dave At stake is a third consecutive term for the BJP and the legacy of its mascot, Narendra Modi, who is seeking …

Over 4 Crore VVPAT Slips Verified, No Mismatch Ever Found; EVM Tampering Impossible : ECI Tells Supreme Court
8 months ago

Over 4 Crore VVPAT Slips Verified, No Mismatch Ever Found; EVM Tampering Impossible : ECI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that no mismatch has been detected ever between the votes counted in the Electronic Voting Machines and the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The ECI said that it has matched the EVM votes with more than 4 crore VVPAT slips and no instance of mismatch has been found so …

SC directs ECI to look into ‘extra vote to BJP’ allegation in Kerala mock poll; ‘alarming,’ says Supriya Sule
8 months ago

SC directs ECI to look into ‘extra vote to BJP’ allegation in Kerala mock poll; ‘alarming,’ says Supriya Sule

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India to investigate the allegations that during a mock poll in Kasaragod, Kerala, four EVMs recorded one extra vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Hearing petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines with paper slips generated through the VVPAT system, the bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and …

Supreme Court asks poll body to verify 'extra votes' to BJP in Kerala mock polls
8 months ago

Supreme Court asks poll body to verify 'extra votes' to BJP in Kerala mock polls

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India to look into allegations that extra votes were recorded in favour of the BJP in EVMs during a mock poll in Kerala. The matter was brought to the Supreme Court's attention after advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms, cited a media report on the complaints …

Reforms needed in the voting process | Explained
8 months ago

Reforms needed in the voting process | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court has decided to hear petitions seeking 100% cross-verification of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips with the vote count as per Electronic Voting Machines. Second, invalid votes that were a bane of paper ballots and also a bone of contention during counting process have been eliminated through EVMs. These include random allocation …

SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today
8 months, 1 week ago

SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for April 16 to consider a series of petitions requesting cross-verification of votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta deferred petitions related to Electronic Voting Machines to next Tuesday, amid preparations for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls commencing on April 19. The …

BJP-led NDA may win 399 seats in Lok Sabha, Congress to get just 38, predicts India TV-CNX Opinion Poll
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP-led NDA may win 399 seats in Lok Sabha, Congress to get just 38, predicts India TV-CNX Opinion Poll

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance may win 399 out of a total of 543 Lok Sabha seats, if elections are held now, with the Bharatiya Janata Party alone projected to win 342 seats, says India TV-CNX Opinion Poll. bloc may win 94 seats, while others including Trinamool Congress, YSRCP, BJD and independents may get the remaining …

Lok Sabha polls I Additional ballot units allocated to the Nilgiris
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls I Additional ballot units allocated to the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

An additional 240 ballot units that were brought to the Nilgiris were inspected by District Collector and returning officer M. Aruna on Wednesday. According to officials, as there were a total of 16 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections in the Nilgiris, additional ballot units were required, and as a result, 240 units were brought from Perundurai in Erode. …

Supreme Court seeks ECI, Centre's response on plea to count all VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks ECI, Centre's response on plea to count all VVPAT slips

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission of India and the BJP-led central government on a petition seeking the complete counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail paper slips in the general elections. Read here: Congress again asks Election Commission for meeting on EVMs, VVPATs The petition further challenged the commission's guidelines that mandates VVPAT …

SC seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in polls as opposed to the current practice of verification of only five randomly-selected EVMs through VVPAT paper slips. The top court, on April 8, 2019, had ordered the poll …

Supreme Court seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in polls as opposed to the current practice of verification of only five randomly-selected EVMs through VVPAT paper slips. The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail is an independent vote verification …

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