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EVM glitches mar Maha LS bypolls in Bhandara-Gondiya, voting cancelled at 35 polling stations

  •   Mon, May 28 2018 12:56:22 PM

Mumbai, May 28 (IANS): With serious malfunctioning in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) electronic voting machines (EVMs), polling was cancelled in at least 35 polling stations in the Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha bye-elections on Monday.

Election Commission (EC) officer in Bhandara-Gondiya, Anant Walaskar told reporters that EVM-VVPAT malfunctioning complaints were received from 64 polling stations in five hours since polling began for Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya constituencies at 7 a.m.

The EC has repaired some EVM-VVPATs or deployed spare machines in many areas, but in at least 35 polling stations, voting would be held at a later date, Walaskar added.

The officer denied rumours that elections in the entire constituency were cancelled, saying polling continued normally in all the other areas.

The EVM-VVPATs malfunctioned in polling booths at Khapa, Mandhal, Hingna and Kharbi in Bhandara-Gondiya, besides Tarapur, Shelvali, Kamare, Satpati, Maikhop, Dhuktan, Chinchan and other polling stations in Palghar.

Work on replacing the VVPAT-EVMs was underway as hundreds of voters patiently waited to cast their votes in the blistering heat.

According to current estimates, complaints of faulty or malfunctioning EVM-VVPATs were received from a total of 140 polling stations in both the constituencies.

Taking strong objections, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) President Prakash Ambedkar demanded cancellation of the elections in Bhandara-Gondiya.

"I have received reports of problems in some 450 polling stations. Its clear that the EVM-VVPATs have been tampered as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is losing the elections. The entire elections must be cancelled and held afresh," said Ambedkar, the grandson of Dalit leader B.R. Ambedkar.

Since polling started, both the constituencies recorded brisk polling with more than an average 15 per cent of the electorate exercising their franchise, but the tempo is likely to subside as people may remain indoors in the afternoon due to high temperatures.

Tight security has been deployed in both the Lok Sabha constituencies to prevent any untoward incidents.
  

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  • Salam, Mangaluru

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Without EVM feku not getting even 10 seats in all over india.EC Also support feku.

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Mon, May 28 2018

    From the late 1990s until 2007, voting machines were used extensively in elections. Most areas in the Netherlands used electronic voting in polling places. On 5 October 2006 the group “Wij vertrouwenstemcomputers niet” (We do not trust voting machines) demonstrated on Dutch television how the Nedap ES3B machines could be manipulated in five minutes.After security problems with the machines were widely publicised, the Netherlands decided to ban in 2007.

    Germany ended electronic voting in 2009, with the German Federal Constitutional Court finding that the inability to have meaningful public scrutiny meant that the electronic voting was unconstitutional.
    Unlike India they were not threatened with prosecution. Unlike India, their TV channels refused to crawl before the establishment and provided platform to the group challenging the reliability of voting machines.
    EVM count mismatch Salami Fraud in electoral system?
    ‘Salami Fraud’ is a term used to explain numerous large scale and organised bank robbery through insidious hidden software that takes away tiny small pennies from millions of accounts to siphon off huge amount of money.
    In Gujarat, there were over 16 seats, where the victory margins were less than 3,000 votes. A vote transfer of even half a percent in a constituency of two lakh voters could result in a victory of a candidate who was originally trailing by 2000 votes. Such minimalistic vote transfer could go undetected because the winner could always use power to block any efforts for rigorous verifications. In Tripura EVM Malfunctions. In karnataka EVM and VVPAT count mismatch.

    1. What no one knows but they must know is whether the EC verified even those 5% machines in closed room after the results were declared?
    2. Another important question that the EC must answer is if a digital transaction in a machine can ever be different from the receipt?
    So many malfunctioning EVMs point to some sort of systematic anarchy! Election theft through EVMs is fraud.

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  • SANJAY, Mangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Without EVM BJP will be thrown out. Ruling govt. can win only wit EVM

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, May 28 2018

    EVM's are just like BJP (Useless) ...

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  • roy pinto, mangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    EVM IS FAKE SAME LIKE MODI EVM NAME IS FROM INDIA BUT INSIDE PART OR FROM MODI'S (IT DEPARTMENT) BJPEEEEEEE..........
    WERE ARE THE BAKTHS NO COMMENTS ONLY ...... ARE THEY HIDING.

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  • Rathan, Mangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Roy pinto
    No need to reply false allegations."dum hai to prior Ur allegation with EC"

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  • Sonu, Bajpe/Dubai

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Dear Voters sorry for the inconvenience .Actually , our party(BJPee) not adjusted the EVM properly for the favour of the party.

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  • Stan, Udupi/Dubai

    Mon, May 28 2018

    All opposition parties should file a joint petition in SC DEMANDING BAN OF EVMS in next general elections. Any electronic machine can be tampered with and evms should not be exception. Why voters time should be wasted on faulty machine. Shame on EC THAT even in handfull of byelections EVMS are not functioning properly.

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  • S. Vijayan, Mangalore, Bangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    In the world people advanced in technology, even now trying reach Mars or beyond, and we are talking about faulty EVM.s. Is it faulty or those are stick to EVM,s brain faulty. By hook and crook every one wants to go forward.

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  • Jacob Mendonsa, Bangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Every one, every nation wants to go forward. But not with Corrupt means!2801

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  • Imran Khader, Udupi

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Make in India Project, seems it helps only BJPPPPPPP

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Now we understand the reason for the results in DK and Udupi districts. Thankfully God saved UT Khader. We feel very bad for Pramod Madhwaraj who was/is the most deserving candidate to be MLA in coastal Karnataka. We must revert to the ballot paper.

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  • Navin, Kundapur

    Mon, May 28 2018

    In Promod Madwaraj area they manipulated evm's easily but Khader area these bjp goons could not...

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  • roy pinto, mangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    @ Navin, Kundapur
    your very right ........ why this kolaveri di ??????

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  • Allen, Mangaluru

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Looks like made in Gujrat EVMs! Feku Machines 😠

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  • Rajesh, UDUPI

    Mon, May 28 2018

    There is no doubt BJP- EVM alliance ! I am going to file a case on SC on election commission, how every time EVM's have glitches ? is EC is not functioning properly on Tax payers money ? this is the right time we all must unite and take Election Commissioner ! file a case on him and EC. We should not allow 2019 vote casting on EVM's.

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  • Jacob Mendonsa, Bangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    I will sign your petition when I visit Udupi next month. Keep some more Vakalanama ready. I will get them signed from others also.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Mon, May 28 2018

    We cannot allow BJP to have pre poll alliance with EVM. It would be impossible to beat that alliance.

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  • Af,,, Mangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    If EVM machine is faulty or it is tampered then it is a notjhing but a criminal case and insult and injustice to democracy for the countries constituion what we are adoring praising and praticing, it can not give an error even with 0.0001 percent, stop this type of mocary in the country and do a fare process of election.

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  • Gangaram, Moodbidri

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Wherever BJP wants to win that place EVM's are replaced from good machines to setting machines.

    Hundreds of machines are giving gliches every time then why EC is sticking on machines only instead ballot paper voting...

    let counting take long time what is the problems....

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Feku's fake technology should be banned

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Mon, May 28 2018

    BJP n EC are both involved in faulty tempered EVM.

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Mon, May 28 2018

    With every election since the last general election repeated complaints have been received against the EVM's machines and the Election Commission of India has virtually turned a blind eye on this critical issue.

    High time the EVM's are BANNED and Ballot Papers are reintroduced as has been done with the Greatest Democracy in the world.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Mon, May 28 2018

    EVMs are Fake like Feku

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi

    Mon, May 28 2018

    Voting should not be allowed when the EVM are defective and not functioning properly

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  • Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India.

    Mon, May 28 2018

    EVM should be banned forever.

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