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  Bihar elections: Row after VVPAT slips found dumped in Samastipur, official suspended; CEC responds

  Bihar | November 08, 2025 18:23 IST

  Opposition parties questioned the conduct of Election Commission after piles of discarded VVPAT slips were found in Samastipur, days after Phase 1 polling in the Bihar assembly elections.

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  Election Commission rejigs counting process of postal ballots, brings back pre-2019 rules

  India | September 25, 2025 22:11 IST

  The counting of postal ballots begins at 8 am, and the EVM counting starts at 8.30 am. Earlier, the EVM counting could theoretically go on irrespective of the stage of postal ballot counting and chances of it getting completed before the completion of postal ballot counting cannot be ruled out.

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  SC rejects plea seeking review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict: Here's what top court said

  India | July 30, 2024 11:38 IST

  Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Arun Kumar Aggarwal, among others had filed petitions in the top court seeking more extensive verification of EVMs data against VVPAT records.

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  Lok Sabha Elections: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am today, postal ballots to be taken first

  India | June 04, 2024 5:42 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyes a record-equalling third straight term in power amid the I.N.D.I.A Opposition bloc's hope of springing a surprise as the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election is set for Tuesday, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise.

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  EC overcomes challenges to conduct voting at highest polling booth in Maharashtra | WATCH

  Maharashtra | May 08, 2024 16:31 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: During the third phase of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission (EC) orchestrated a remarkable feat by enabling voting at the highest polling booth in Maharashtra, situated at the Raireshwar Fort in the Baramati constituency.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, April 26, 2024

  India | April 26, 2024 22:35 IST

  India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.

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  Akhilesh vows ‘long fight’ for ballot paper after SC verdict: 'I.N.D.I.A bloc govt will remove EVM'

  Uttar Pradesh | April 26, 2024 16:57 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav's remarks came after the Supreme Court rejected the petitions seeking the 100 per cent verification of EVMs with their VVPAT slips.

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  Supreme Court rejects all petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips

  India | April 26, 2024 20:06 IST

  It is pertinent to note that, as per the current practice, the ECI randomly verifies the VVPAT slips of EVMs from five polling booths per assembly segment in a parliamentary constituency.

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  EVM-VVPAT case: SC reserves its order on pleas seeking 100 per cent cross-verification of votes

  India | April 24, 2024 15:16 IST

  The VVPAT is an independent vote verification system which enables electors to see whether their votes have been cast correctly. The SC took up the case when the country is undergoing Lok Sabha elections and the first phase of polls of seven phases concluded recently.

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  SC reserves verdict on pleas seeking cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with VVPAT

  India | April 18, 2024 16:44 IST

  The petitioners have also sought reversal of the poll panel's 2017 decision to replace the transparent glass on VVPAT machines with an opaque glass through which a voter can see the slip only when the light is on for seven seconds.

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  VVPAT cross-verification: SC asks Election Commission to investigate Prashant Bhushan's allegations

  India | April 18, 2024 16:41 IST

  An ECI official appeared before the Supreme Court bench, currently hearing pleas for cross-verification of votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines. The official provided insights into the functioning of EVMs and VVPATs as the hearing continued.

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  ‘Don’t try to bring down system like this’: SC on 100 per cent VVPAT verification of EVM votes

  India | April 17, 2024 6:22 IST

  The Supreme Court bench said it had not forgotten what used to happen in the era of ballot papers, when one of the petitioners suggested going back to ballot papers.

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  SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today

  India | April 16, 2024 7:30 IST

  The Supreme Court is set to hear pleas today for cross-verification of votes with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. VVPAT, serving as an independent verification system, ensures accurate vote recording.

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  Supreme Court seeks Election Commission reply on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips

  India | April 02, 2024 6:17 IST

  The Supreme Court issued notice to the Election Commission on a plea seeking the counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) paper slips in elections.

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  Samajwadi Party alleges discrepancies in VVPAT, claims BJP's slip issued upon voting SP

  Elections | February 20, 2022 11:33 IST

  The party further complained about the "defective" VVPAT at 228 Vidhan Sabha of Hamirpur District, Booth Number 432 and asked the EC to take the matter into account.

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  Bengal: EVM, VVPATs found at TMC leader’s residence in Uluberia Uttar, 3 ECI officials suspended

  Elections | April 06, 2021 14:10 IST

  The Election Commission has suspended a Sector Office after an EVM and VVPATs were found at a Trinamool Congress leader's residence in Uluberia Uttar.

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  Opposition submit memorandum to EC to carry out VVPAT verification before counting votes

  India | May 21, 2019 16:33 IST

  In the memorandum, the opposition leaders have also demanded that if any discrepancy is found anywhere during the VVPAT verification, 100 per cent counting of paper slips of VVPATs of all polling stations of that assembly segment should be done.

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  EC rubbishes ‘baseless’ reports of unescorted movement of EVMs

  India | May 21, 2019 12:11 IST

  "Polled EVMs are safe in sealed strong rooms under security, CCTV coverage and surveillance of candidates. There is no possibility of changing EVMs. Don't panic and keep faith," the official handle of Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh said.

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  Over 1200 faulty VVPATs delay voting in Delhi

  May 13, 2019 7:38 IST

  An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) comprises of three parts - the Control Unit (CU), the Ballot Unit (BU) and the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine.

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  LS polls in Haryana: EVMs to be stored in 90 strong rooms

  May 12, 2019 16:30 IST

  Ninety strong rooms have been set up at 30 locations in Haryana to store the EVMs and VVPAT machines safely after completion of voting in the ten Lok Sabha constituencies, State's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Inder Jeet said on Sunday.