Ballot Papers
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Bengaluru civic polls to be held using ballot papers instead of EVMs
Karnataka | Jan 19, 2026, 02:35 PM ISTThe State Election Commission did not give any clear or specific reason for reverting to ballot papers, only stating that the law permits their use.
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Maharashtra: In rare move, Markadwadi villagers arrange repoll on 'ballot papers', police intervene
Maharashtra | Dec 03, 2024, 04:40 PM ISTMaharashtra residents claimed the village had 2,000 eligible voters on the polling day, and 1,900 of them exercised their franchise. They claimed that the winning margin was less than the number they voted.
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Ballot papers for elections in Maharashtra? Law likely soon
India | Feb 03, 2021, 10:43 AM ISTMaharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole has said that he has asked the state legislature to frame a law to give voters the option of using ballot papers besides EVMs.
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Sri Lanka's ballot paper with extraordinary length of over 2 feet: EC
World | Oct 08, 2019, 07:37 PM ISTSri Lankan Election Commission said on Tuesday that plastic ballot boxes would be imported for next month's presidential polls as the ballot paper has an extraordinary length due to a record number of candidates.
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Replace EVMs with ballot papers, demands Mamata Banerjee
India | Jul 21, 2019, 11:41 AM IST"Do not forget that the EVMs were earlier used in England, France, Germany and America. But they have now stopped using them... So why cannot we bring the ballot papers back?" she said.
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Will start movement for return of ballot papers: Mamata Banerjee
India | Jun 14, 2019, 07:20 PM ISTAccusing the BJP of programming the EVMs used in the 2019 polls, the Trinamool Congress supremo said "ballot papers are the only solution for reinstating democracy in the country".
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'Not going back to era of ballot papers, EC won't be intimidated or bullied': CEC on demands against use of EVMs
India | Jan 24, 2019, 05:08 PM ISTHe also lamented that EVMs are being used as a "football" and some sections are doing a "motivated slugfest" over their use.
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Akhilesh Yadav for use of paper ballots for LS polls
Jan 24, 2019, 01:50 PM ISTIn its complaint, the poll panel had asked police to investigate the matter "promptly" for violation of certain IPC sections dealing with spreading rumour to "create fear" in the minds of people.
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Amid EVM hacking claims, AAP demands use of ballot papers in Lok Sabha elections 2019
India | Jan 23, 2019, 08:58 AM ISTThe latest revelations clearly shrouded the neutrality of the EVM's and hence should be replaced with ballot papers, the party said.
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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Opposition parties, Shiv Sena pitch for poll through ballot papers
Aug 27, 2018, 11:42 PM ISTLok Sabha elections 2019: Shiv Sena leader Anil Desai said, "We have made a point... Let us go back to ballot papers. We have insisted on ballot papers for elections to the largest democracy."
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UP Civic Polls: Mayawati says BJP will lose 2019 elections if ballot papers are used instead of EVMs
Politics | Dec 02, 2017, 11:44 AM IST