SC increases VVPAT count to 5 EVMs per Assembly constituency in LS polls

April 08, 2019 16:13

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Election Commission to increase the VVPAT count of one randomly selected electronic voting machine per Assembly constituency to five in the Lok Sabha polls, saying that it is to ensure the "greatest degree of accuracy and satisfaction" in the electoral process.

"Increasing the VVPAT verification from one EVM per constituency to five is to ensure the greatest degree of accuracy, satisfaction in the election process and not only political parties but the poor should be satisfied," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.

The court was hearing a petition by 21 parties, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, seeking random count of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) of at least 50 per cent of the EVMs per Assembly segment in a Lok Sabha seat before the declaration of result.

-- ANI

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