MP: Faulty EVMs, VVPATs halt polling in few constituencies

November 28, 2018 12:28

As the voting kick-started in Madhya Pradesh, multiple instances of the electronic voting machines and voter verifiable paper audit trail malfunctioning have been reported, thus temporarily stalling the polling process.

In Mohana booth number 55, the EVM has stopped working and no voter has been able to cast vote since morning, while in Ujjain, two EVMs were replaced due to errors.

In Alirajpur, a total of 11 VVPAT machines were replaced and polling was resumed. In Burhanpur, five VVPATs and two EVMs were replaced after being found defective.

Meanwhile, in Bhopal Central region, 2 EVMs were reported to be faulty, following which a team of the Election Commission has been sent to replace machines.

Campaign material was seized from a person said to be a Bharatiya Janata Party polling agent from a booth in Saint Mary's, Bhopal, as it was within 200 meters of a polling booth.

The police have arrested one person with regards to the case. -- ANI

IMAGE: Muslim women show their voter identity cards as they wait to cast their votes for the assembly elections, in Jabalpur on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo

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