Reports of EVMs showing one extra vote during mock poll in Kasaragod in Kerala false: ECI to SC

Vyas was present in the courtroom to apprise the bench about the functioning of EVMs.

Earlier on Thursday, the top court asked senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for the Election Commission, to look into the issue after advocate Prashant Bhushan flagged the anomaly.

Bhushan, who is appearing for petitioner NGO “Association for Democratic Reforms”, told the court that there were reports about EVMs showing one extra vote during a mock poll exercise.

The CPI(M)-led LDF said on Thursday, that it would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission over a few voting machines allegedly having recorded votes wrongly in favour of the BJP candidate.

Talking to PTI, senior CPI(M) leader KP Satheesh Chandran alleged that there were instances where two or three voting machines exhibited such errors during the mock poll on Wednesday, and a complaint will be filed before the EC.

CPI(M) leader MV Balakrishnan is contesting against Congress leader and current Kasaragod MP Rajmohan Unnithan and BJP’s ML Ashwini in the constituency for the April 26 Lok Sabha polls.

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