Experts attribute the relatively low turnout to the summer heat with the temperatures soaring to 37 degrees Celsius and the election day falling on a weekend.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has called for a reordering of the sequence of machines in the electronic voting machine (EVM) system, also known as the ECI-EVM system. The ECI-EVM system comprises the ballot unit (BU), control unit (CU), and the recently added voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT)
"The government has mowed down the democracy with this billdozer . If there is no independent, unbiased election commission, how can there be independent, unbiased elections? The Election Commission has a very important role. It decides the use of the EVM machines. Party symbols, election schedule, everything is decided by the EC," AAP MP Raghav Chadha said.