EVM snag due to heat wave: EC officials

May 28, 2018 15:32

As complaints about malfunctioning electronic voting machines flowed in from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh during the by-elections today, the Election Commission said the "severe heat conditions" were interfering with the machines.

According to media reports, EVMs are malfunctioning due to heat wave.

The commission said it is taking steps to correct the malfunction.

"There is a standard operating procedure to deal with faulty EVMs and VVPATs... The engineers are looking into the issues and taking action accordingly, like replacing the EVMs," NDTV reported quoting EC officials.

Voting in the Palghar and Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha bypolls in Maharashtra and Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh was on Monday marred by reported malfunctioning of electronic voting machines in some booths.

In Maharashtra, Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh leader and former MP Prakash Ambedkar said around 450 EVMs malfunctioned.

In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal have raised allegations of rigging in the Kairana Lok Sabha and the Noorpur assembly bye-elections after EVM malfunction was reported in several booths.

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