Concerns are being raised from different quarters over the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s data, especially on differences in the number of EVM votes polled and those counted in different parliamentary constituencies in the country,
According to a report by `The Wire’, a close look at EC data from 543 PCs shows that except for a few PCs like Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Attingal in Kerala, the number of EVM votes counted differs from that of EVM votes polled.
In more than 140 PCs, the number of EVM votes counted surpassed the number of EVM votes polled. The difference ranged between two votes in one case and 3,811 votes in another.There are also cases of fewer votes than those that claimed to have been polled, being counted eventually.
In those PCs where the number of EVM votes counted was less than the number of EVM votes polled, the highest difference was -16,791 votes. While a BRS supporter has flagged a few concerns regarding the difference in votes polled and counted in all 17 constituencies in Telangana, Congress MP from Assam Gaurav Gogoi also raised doubts over faulty EVMs in Assam.
In Telangana, according to Nayini Anurag Reddy, the difference in Adilabad was 1571, while in Malkajgiri, it was 3,946. In Nagarkurnool, the difference was 2,195. In Hyderabad, the difference was 1,283, while in Karimnagar, it was 1,243. There were such differences in all 17 constituencies,
Meanwhile, Congress MP from Assam Gaurav Gogoi asked the ECI to put out data on how many EVMs were found faulty throughout the Lok Sabha polls. Before treating the EVMs as infallible, the ECI should put out data on how many EVMs were found faulty throughout the elections, he said on X.
“In Assam’s Kokrajhar constituency, 12,40,306 votes were polled as per EC. On the counting day, 12,29,546 EVM votes were counted, a deficit of 10,760 votes. In over 140 Lok Sabha seats, more EVM votes were counted than polled. What’s going on?” he posted, requesting the ECI to address this issue, not in a generic tone but specific to each State, and to try restoring the lost faith.
