Assam: Reserved EVM with no votes polled found in Hailakandi counting centre ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 05:13 IST
Hailakandi (Assam) [India], May 2 (ANI): One reserved unused Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was found inside a trunk at a counting centre in Assam s Hailakandi on Saturday evening, a day before the counting of polls are scheduled to begin.
As per a statement, District Election Officer Megh Nidhi Dahal along with returning officers rushed to the spot where the EVM was detected and made an inquiry into it. The contesting candidates also reached the spot. On being investigated, it was found that the unused EVM inside a trunk that found its way inadvertently to the counting venue was a reserved one and there were no votes polled therein, the statement said, adding that it was open before the contesting candidates, who were satisfied with the results.
Mangala Angadi comes out on top in a close fight in Belagavi
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She defeats Satish Jarkiholi to become the first woman to be a Lok Sabha member from the constituency
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She defeats Satish Jarkiholi to become the first woman to be a Lok Sabha member from the constituency
The BJP won the Belagavi Lok Sabha bypoll by 5,240 votes. BJP candidate Mangala Angadi, wife of the former Union Minister Suresh Angadi, defeated Satish Jarkiholi, Congress nominee in a close fight.
Ms. Angadi polled 4,40,327 votes, while the runner-up [Satish Jarkiholi] obtained 4,35,087 votes. The grand total includes postal votes, votes mailed in by service voters, those cast by officers on poll duty and the disabled and COVID-19 voters.
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Stage set for counting of votes
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93 counting agents, staff and media persons tested positive
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District Election Officer R. Kannan inspects arrangements made for counting at a centre in Virudhunagar on Friday.
93 counting agents, staff and media persons tested positive
The stage is set for counting of votes on Sunday morning for seven Assembly constituencies in Virudhunagar district, the outcome of which will decide the fate of 149 candidates in the fray.
The process will start at 8 a.m. with counting of postal votes in seven halls by the counting staff in the presence of Assistant Returning officer and counting agents. After a gap of 30 minutes, counting of votes from the control units of 2,370 electronic voting machines will be taken up.
The APCC (Assam Pradesh Congress Committee) has moved the CEC (Chief Election Commissioner)
| 30 April 2021 3:12 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The APCC (Assam Pradesh Congress Committee) has moved the CEC (Chief Election Commissioner), ECI (Election Commission of India), over serious discrepancies in respect of safety of strong rooms, EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), Control Units etc., in different LACs (Legislative Assembly Constituencies) in the recently-concluded Assam Legislative Assembly Election-2021 .
In a letter to the CEC, APCC president Ripun Borah said, I wish to bring to your notice the following very serious discrepancies we have noticed very recently in respect to safety of strong rooms, and EVMs in Dhakuakhana LAC; Moran, Lahowal, Dibrugarh, and Chabua LACs under Dibrugarh district; and the strong room of four LACs of Goalpara district.