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Andhra Pradesh: JSP candidate Madhusudan Gupta smashes EVM
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Anantapuram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha candidate of Jana Sena Party (JSP), Madhusudan Gupta, on Wednesday broke an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling booth in Gooty town here alleging that the names of Assembly and Lok Sabha seats had not been properly dis
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EVM glitches reported in some polling booths in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): In Andhra Pradesh, malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) disrupted the polling briefly in some constituencies.
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Indian Polity, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and 2019 General Lok Sabh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8(ANI/NewsVoir): The Election Commission developed India's own Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in partnership with two government-owned companies i.e. the Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in the year 1989, which were u
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SC increases VVPAT count to 5 EVMs per Assembly constituency in LS polls
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 8 (ANI): 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
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Telangana: Nizamabad LS seat polling to be held using EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer to make arrangements for conducting Lok Sabha elections to Nizamabad parliamentary constituency using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
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SC issues notice to ECI on Oppn plea for matching EVM results with VVPATs
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea of 21 Opposition parties seeking a direction that 50 per cent Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) results be matched and cross-checked with VVPATs before the declarat
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Individuals filing false complaints on EVM, VVPAT will be booked: Delhi CE
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has said individuals filing false complaints on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) will be booked.
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We have made EVMs a football, says CEC Sunil Arora
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): "We have made EVMs a football," said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Tuesday while expressing disappointment over political parties raising questions on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).
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SC asks EC's response to PIL seeking audit review of EVM, VVPAT
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought a detailed response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking audit of the source code of voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) and electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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EVM most 'vulnerable' device, says N Chandrababu Naidu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is the most vulnerable device as anyone who wants to manage votes can easily tamper it.
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Opposition parties visit EC, demand 50 per cent vote counting through pape
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Opposition parties led by Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday visited the Election Commission and requested the poll body to make mandatory the count of half of the votes of all electronic voting machines (EVMs) through paper trails.
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22 opposition parties to urge ECI to replace EVMs with ballot papers for c
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI): As many as 22 opposition parties will meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, seeking the replacement of electronic voting machines (EVMs) with ballot papers for conducting the coming Lok Sabha polls, TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien
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