There is no difference between VVPAT slips and EVM votes in Maharashtra elections… Election Commission claims

New Delhi: The opposition MVA alliance suffered a crushing defeat in the Maharashtra election results. After which opposition leaders had raised questions on EVMs. Now the Election Commission has given information about matching of EVM and VVPAT slips in Maharashtra Assembly elections. ECI said that on the day of counting on November 23, the Election Commission counted the VVPAT slips of five booths in every assembly constituency. No irregularities were found in this count. During this period, slips of 1440 VVPAT units of 288 assembly constituencies were matched.

No irregularities in counting: ECI

Opposition parties had raised questions on the election results and boycotted the swearing-in ceremony. Now the Election Commission has informed on Tuesday that no difference was found between the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections. This was part of the mandatory matching process.

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Matching of 1440 VVPAT slips

According to the guidelines of the Election Commission, counting of VVPAT slips of five selected polling stations of each assembly constituency is necessary. The counting took place on 23 November, the day of the results, in the presence of Election Commission observers and representatives of the candidates. The Election Commission said that the count of slips of 1440 VVPAT units of 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra has been matched with the data of the concerned control unit.

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Election Commission said- entire process captured in CCTV

ECI said that reports from District Election Officers have come from all 36 districts of Maharashtra. The Election Commission says that the documents related to the completion of this process have been signed by the representatives of all the candidates. This entire process took place in a separate room, where special security arrangements were made. The entire process has been captured in CCTV cameras and its recording has been kept safe.

There is no problem with EVM-VVPAT

According to the press release issued by the Election Commission, no irregularities have been found in the counting of VVPAT slips and the counting of EVM control units. The procedure prescribed by the Election Commission has been followed. This statement came at a time when opposition parties in Maharashtra boycotted the swearing-in ceremony on the first day of the special session of the Assembly.

Congress, Aditya Thackeray raised questions on EVM

After facing a crushing defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the opposition alliance Mahavikas Aghadi had alleged irregularities in EVMs. Especially Congress and Sharad Pawar led NCP (SP) have demanded voting through ballot paper instead of EVM in future. Aditya Thackeray had accused the Election Commission of misuse of EVMs during the state assembly elections.

This is why the opposition had raised questions on EVMs.

More than 20 candidates from opposition parties, who lost the assembly elections, raised serious concerns over the reliability of EVMs. These candidates had alleged significant irregularities between the votes cast and the declared results, especially in areas where the opposition was expected to show strong performance.