UP votes: EVM glitches delay voting in Mathura, Baghpat

February 11, 2017 09:39

Polling was delayed in booth number 42 in Mathura's Govardhan as well as in booth numbers 119 and 120 in Baghpat on Saturday as Electronic Voting Machines were found non-operational.

Voting has begun for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Saturday morning.

The election process will be held in 73 assembly constituencies spear across 15 districts of the state.

As many as 839 candidates are in fray in the first phase and votes are being cast at 26,823 polling stations.

Meanwhile in Baraut, officials at the polling booths offered red roses to women voters, saying the Election Commission have ordered them to do so.

The first phase will see 1,17,65,768 women voters.

IMAGE: BJP candidate from Sardhana Sangeet Som flashes a victory sign after casting his vote on Saturday. Photograph: ANI

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