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.
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File photo of BJP supporters holding party flags during an election rally in Assam s Tinsukia. (File Photo| ANI)
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GUWAHATI: The results of the Assam elections on Sunday will decide if the BJP retains power or a nationally-weakened Congress stages a comeback.
Assam, in one way, is a vital state for both parties. For the BJP, the state is important not just for the party organisation but also for party ideology – the National Register of Citizens or NRC is its flagship ideological programme.
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There is a 17.8 per cent vote swing in favour of the UPA and a 1.4 per cent swing in favour of the NDA. In 2016, the UPA had got 31 per cent votes, while the NDA managed 41.5 per cent votes.
The NDA is set to lose 21 seats with the highest loss of 7 seats in lower Assam and Barak Valley.
In Bodoland the NDA is set to win 10 seats, while in the tea estate areas it is poised to win 29 seats, repeating its 2016 performance.
The 126-member Assam Assembly may see a hung Assembly and Independents and others will be the key players in such a scenario.
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