News India LS Polls 2014: Faults in at least 33 EVMs in Assam, 29 replaced

LS Polls 2014: Faults in at least 33 EVMs in Assam, 29 replaced

Kaliabor, Assam: At least 33 electronic voting machines (EVMs) malfunctioned in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam where polling began this morning.Authorities replaced 29 faulty machines. While nine were replaced in Kaliabor, six were changed

Tezpur Returning Officer Lalit Gogoi said five of the six malfunctioning machines in Dhekiajuli were replaced in the morning. The problem in another was rectified.

Election Officer of Dibrugarh Biswajit Phukan said five machines were replaced in Lahowal, Duliajan, Dibrugarh, Tingkhong and Chabua since morning.

Jorhat Returning Officer Vishal Vasant Solanki said four machines were replaced at different places while snags in three others were corrected by engineers.

An electorate of 64,41,634, including 31,20,067 women, are expected to exercise their franchise at 8,588 polling stations in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Assam today.

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