Election Commission: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday (December 10, 2024), whereas responding to the opposition questions being raised concerning EVMs and VVPAT, mentioned that in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, 1440 votes on 288 meeting seats have been matched with the outcomes launched earlier. Went, which had been mendacity in VVPAT and EVM. No irregularities of any type had been discovered throughout this matching.
The Commission mentioned that as per the tips, it’s essential to depend the VVPAT slips of 5 polling stations chosen in every meeting constituency of the state. The election physique counted the slips on November 23 (consequence day) in the presence of counting observers and representatives of the candidates. According to this, the depend of slips of 1440 VVPAT items from 288 meeting constituencies of Maharashtra state has been matched with the information of the involved management unit.
‘Calculations achieved as per guidelines’
The Election Commission mentioned that as per the studies obtained from the involved District Election Officers, no discrepancy has been discovered between the VVPAT slip depend and the EVM management unit depend. The ECI mentioned in a press release, “The procedure laid down by the ECI has been followed.” This assertion of the Election Commission has come a number of days after the opposition events in Maharashtra boycotted the swearing-in ceremony on the first day of the particular session of the Assembly.
Mahavikas Aghadi had protested
The boycott was led by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, which incorporates main opposition events like Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar-led NCP. Leaders of those events, together with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aditya Thackeray, expressed their considerations about the equity of the current elections.
Thackeray accused the Election Commission of permitting “misuse of EVMs” throughout the state meeting elections. The difficulty of authenticity of EVMs turned heated after Maharashtra elections, as greater than 20 candidates from opposition events who misplaced the meeting elections had raised critical considerations about the authenticity of EVMs. These candidates had alleged vital discrepancies between the votes solid and the outcomes declared, particularly in constituencies the place the opposition had anticipated a powerful efficiency.
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