As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti sweeps the 2024 general assembly elections in Maharashtra, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said that the party leaders were surprised over the information they got about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being selectively "hacked."
Speaking to ANI, SP leader ST Hasan said, "We have been saying this since the past 5 years that our electoral system is 'defective.' We do not trust the EVMs and when I was in the parliament, we (SP) proposed that to ensure greater transparency both EVMs and ballot boxes should be counted, a
In Maharashtra, the BJP won 132 seats, Shiv Sena, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde won 57 seats, and the NCP, led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, won 41 seats. The state has 288 assembly seats.
Political Analyst Tehseen Poonawalla on Saturday stated that Congress and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) need to reflect upon the reasons behind their defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. He added that the MVA should now stop blaming the EVMs for the loss.
BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is edging closer to a historic win in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, leading in over 231 out of 288 seats while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in just 48 seats.
Speaking to ANI, he said "We accept the results in Jharkhand. However, in Bihar and UP, the public has given a wipe-off to Lalu Prasad. Lalu ka thopda saaf kar diya hain... The opposition will say that EVMs are wrong when they are losing. We will wait for the final results to come... Cong
"Mahayuti is coming back to power in Maharashtra in a grand way due to the development works done by it. Maharashtra elections were a fight about whether 'Vichaar ki virasat' or 'Parivar ki virasat' will get the public's mandate. The people of Maharashtra chose 'Vichaar ki virasat' and defea
The vote counting for the Dausa Assembly by-election began on Saturday at PG College, with strict security measures in place. Devendra Kumar, the District Returning Officer, confirmed that the counting will be completed in 18 rounds.
Speaking to ANI here, Poonawalla said, "In both the places, NDA is going to form its government under the leadership of PM Modi. Exits polls have already come and in a short while, exact polls are also going to come and NDA is going to win. The way questions are being raised on EVM even b
Earlier today, Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar said that the first round of EVM results expected to be announced by 9:30 am with counting of postal ballots begining earlier at 8 this morning.
As the counting for Jharkhand's 2024 Assembly Elections began on Saturday, Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar confirmed that all preparations were in place, with postal ballots being counted at 8 AM and the first round of EVM results expected to be announced by 9:30 AM.
"Those who have been blaming EVMs for their defeat, when they won the elections in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana, the EVMs were correct," he told ANI.