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2 weeks ago

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

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 …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

No point making allegations, should approach ECI or courts: Ajit Pawar

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar hit back at Shiv Sena UBT Aaditya Thackeray's allegations questioning the legitimacy of Electronic Voting Machines, stating that the opposition should approach the Election Commission or the courts if they have concerns. This comes after Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray announced that the party's winning MLAs will not take the …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court questions EVM efficiency for polling stations over 1,500 voters

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India to explain how Electronic Voting Machines, designed to accommodate 1,500 votes, can handle polling stations with more than 1,500 registered voters. A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna raised concerns about voting efficiency, noting that if an EVM processes only 45 votes per hour, it may not serve …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

EC files police case over X user’s EVM claim

Hindustan Times

The Mumbai Cyber Police, on Saturday, filed an FIR against a social media user Syed Shuja for allegedly spreading misinformation about tampering of electronic voting machines after receiving a complaint from Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer. Earlier, the Election Commission of India had also filed an FIR against Shuja with the Delhi Police for similar reasons, a senior ECI official said …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Fact Check: Video of 'hacker' claiming can tamper EVMs is from India Today sting

India Today

Following the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti coalition’s massive win in the Maharashtra Assembly, where it bagged 235 of the 288 seats, several Opposition leaders started raising questions about EVM tampering. The man in the video call is Syed Shuja, a self-proclaimed cyber expert who claims to have worked with the Electronic Corporation of India Limited on EVM development from 2009 …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

ECI seeks EVMs’ release amid ongoing election case against Suresh Gopi

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The Election Commission of India has sought the permission of the Kerala High Court to release the Electronic Voting Machines used in the Thrissur parliamentary constituency during the last general elections, currently under the custody of the Thrissur district election officer. The ECI clarified that the machines are not required for the adjudication of a petition filed by Binoy …

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5 months, 1 week ago

ECI releases SOP for EVMs burnt memory checking, verification with expanded choices for candidates

India TV News

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released a Standard Operating Procedure for Electronic Voting Machines burnt memory checking and verification with expanded choices for candidates. It includes the selection of EVMs from any polling station in an assembly constituency, the mix and match of EVM units from any polling station, connecting BU-CU-VVPAT in any sequence and the option of …

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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 …

Election Lok Sabha Eci Evm Verification Requests Congress Candidates

6 months, 1 week ago

Kirtikar-Waikar vote-counting skirmish intensifies, ECI clarifies position

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The fight between the two Shiv Senas over alleged malpractices in vote-counting in Mumbai North West on June 4 intensified further on Sunday following media reports that the centre’s EVM had been accessed through a mobile phone by the winning candidate’s relative. Kirtikar-Waikar vote-counting skirmish intensifies, ECI official holds PC to clarify {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Election Commission …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Kirtikar-Waikar vote-counting skirmish intensifies, ECI clarifies position

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The fight between the two Shiv Senas over alleged malpractices in vote-counting in Mumbai North West on June 4 intensified further on Sunday following media reports that the centre’s EVM had been accessed through a mobile phone by the winning candidate’s relative. Kirtikar-Waikar vote-counting skirmish intensifies, ECI official holds PC to clarify The Election Commission of India lodged a …

Mumbai Mobile Shiv Sena Phone Eci Thackeray Counting

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi attacks opposition for raising doubts about EVMs

Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the opposition for raising doubts about Electronic Voting Machines, saying it wanted people to stop believing in democracy and the democratic process. In 2029, perhaps they will again harp on EVM.The country will never forgive them,” Modi said in his speech as the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance passed a resolution …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

'ECI should announce reward for hacking EVMs': Congress leader Pratap Khachariyawas again beats the dead horse

Op India

Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Tuesday said that the Election Commission of India should announce a reward for hacking Electronic Voting Machines adding that if anyone successfully hacks the device in front of it then this counting mechanism should be replaced immediately. Amid the opposition parties raising concerns over the counting process of the votes, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024: What is the EC’s 2019 rule change for counting postal ballots and what are the Opposition’s concerns?

The Hindu

The counting of votes polled across 543 constituencies for the Lok Sabha elections has begun on June 4 with postal ballots. In a letter to the ECI, the Opposition leaders highlighted that the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 states that the Returning Officer has to begin the process of counting postal ballots first. For constituency-wise real-time updates, visit our Election …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

India election results 2024: How will votes be counted?

Al Jazeera

Here’s how votes for India’s Lok Sabha polls will be counted using EVMs on June 4. Here’s how vote counting for elections works: What time will votes be counted for India’s 2024 election? Since there are several assembly constituencies within a parliamentary constituency, vote counting for each assembly segment takes place in a single hall where 14 tables are set …

India Results Election Cast Lok Sabha Votes Eci

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Maharashtra: ECI dismisses viral EVM tampering videos as old, not related to ongoing general election

Deccan Chronicle

S. Chockalingam, Chief Electoral Officer Maharashtra said, "It is noticed that some old videos from other states are getting circulated through social media showing miscreants trying to vitiate the poll process and particularly tampering with EVM. The ECI clarification came a day after NCP founder Sharad Pawar alleged that several booth capturing incidents in the Beed Lok Sabha constituency, which …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

ECI refutes TMC's allegations of EVM tampering in West Bengal polls

India TV News

Hours after the Trinamool Congress party alleged that 'BJP tags' were found on 5 EVMs used for polling in Bankura's Raghunathpur, the Election Commission of India swiftly responded to the query. Taking to X, the Chief Electoral Office, West Bengal, addressed the allegations, refuting the claims of poll rigging posed by the TMC amid the sixth phase of polling across …

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7 months ago

YSRCP MLA gets relief from arrest till June 5 in EVM case

Hindustan Times

In a big relief to Ramakrishna Reddy, YSR Congress Party’s Macherla MLA in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district, the state high court on Thursday directed the police not to arrest him till June 5, in a case pertaining to destruction of an electronic voting machine inside a polling booth on May 13, people familiar with the matter said. Ramakrishna Reddy, who …

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7 months ago

EVM damage case: high drama continues as A.P. police are yet to trace ‘runaway’ Macherla MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy

The Hindu

The high-voltage political drama over the whereabouts and possible arrest of Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, the incumbent ruling YSRCP Macherla legislator and contestant from the same constituency again, continues. In the backdrop of the issue kicking up a stink, YSRCP legislators Anil Kumar Yadav, who was contesting for the Lok Sabha from Narasaraopet, and Ambati Rambabu, Water Resources Minister and contestant …

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7 months ago

Sajjala questions ECI on authenticity of video showing Macherla MLA damaging an EVM

The Hindu

YSR Congress Party general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has questioned the Election Commission of India how the video, in which MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy was seen breaking an EVM at a polling booth in Macherla on May 13, leaked out, and whether it checked its authenticity. Besides, Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy sought to know why only the video related to vandalising …

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7 months ago

Sajjala poses three questions to ECI on Macharla EVM vandalism incident

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: YSRCP senior leader, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, on Thursday posed a set of questions to the Election Commission of India in light of how the Commission dealt with the recent Macharla issue related to destroying an Electronic Voting Machine in Palvai Gate polling booth by YSRCP MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy. According to Sajalla, if the Palvai gate video is from …

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7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: YSRC MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy caught on camera damaging EVM; ECI orders ‘strict action’

Live Mint

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday directed the Andhra Pradesh police chief to take strict criminal action against a ruling YSRCP MLA who was caught on camera damaging an EVM in the Macherla assembly constituency during the May 13 polls. As reported by PTI, the Electronic voting machines were damaged on May 13 in seven polling stations in the …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The EVM-VVPAT case judgment is disappointing

The Hindu

“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” — H.G. To ensure “counted as recorded”, we should tally the EVM count with the manual count of VVPAT slips for a statistically significant sample size of EVMs drawn at random from a suitably defined ‘population’ of EVMs. The Supreme Court did …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024 Highlights: In Goa, PM Modi attacks Congress for ‘spreading lies about EVM’

Hindustan Times

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: The polling for the second phase of India's general elections culminated on Friday. The second phase of voting for 88 parliamentary constituencies spread over 13 states and Union Territories recorded a voter turnout of around 63.50% said the Election Commission of India. All eyes are on two major political alliances namely, the INDIA bloc …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024 Highlights: In Goa, PM Modi attacks Congress for ‘spreading lies about EVM’

Hindustan Times

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: The polling for the second phase of India's general elections culminated on Friday. The second phase of voting for 88 parliamentary constituencies spread over 13 states and Union Territories recorded a voter turnout of around 63.50% said the Election Commission of India. All eyes are on two major political alliances namely, the INDIA bloc …

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

No point making allegations, should approach ECI or courts: Ajit Pawar

Supreme Court questions EVM efficiency for polling stations over 1,500 voters

EC files police case over X user’s EVM claim

Fact Check: Video of 'hacker' claiming can tamper EVMs is from India Today sting

ECI seeks EVMs’ release amid ongoing election case against Suresh Gopi

ECI releases SOP for EVMs burnt memory checking, verification with expanded choices for candidates

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

Kirtikar-Waikar vote-counting skirmish intensifies, ECI clarifies position

Kirtikar-Waikar vote-counting skirmish intensifies, ECI clarifies position

Modi attacks opposition for raising doubts about EVMs

'ECI should announce reward for hacking EVMs': Congress leader Pratap Khachariyawas again beats the dead horse

Election Results 2024: What is the EC’s 2019 rule change for counting postal ballots and what are the Opposition’s concerns?

India election results 2024: How will votes be counted?

Maharashtra: ECI dismisses viral EVM tampering videos as old, not related to ongoing general election

ECI refutes TMC's allegations of EVM tampering in West Bengal polls

YSRCP MLA gets relief from arrest till June 5 in EVM case

EVM damage case: high drama continues as A.P. police are yet to trace ‘runaway’ Macherla MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy

Sajjala questions ECI on authenticity of video showing Macherla MLA damaging an EVM

Sajjala poses three questions to ECI on Macharla EVM vandalism incident

Andhra Pradesh: YSRC MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy caught on camera damaging EVM; ECI orders ‘strict action’

The EVM-VVPAT case judgment is disappointing

Lok Sabha election 2024 Highlights: In Goa, PM Modi attacks Congress for ‘spreading lies about EVM’

Lok Sabha election 2024 Highlights: In Goa, PM Modi attacks Congress for ‘spreading lies about EVM’