A delegation of BJD leaders introduced a memorandum to the Election Fee Monday, flagging “a distinction within the whole votes polled in a sales space and the full votes counted from the identical EVM” in some instances in the course of the current polls within the state.
“Now we have observed critical discrepancies… For instance, in Sales space no 57 of 84-Phulbani (ST) AC underneath Kandhamal PC, this distinction is 682. In Sales space no 165 and Sales space no 219 of 08-Talsara (ST) AC underneath Sundargarh PC, the variations are 660 and 784 respectively…” the BJD’s petition stated.
“How is that this attainable? This shouldn’t be the case as the full variety of votes counted by the Returning Officer can not differ from the report of votes polled by the Presiding Officer,” it stated, including the celebration had requested for copies of Kind 17 (C) for all districts however nonetheless didn’t get it.
The BJD additionally flagged a distinction within the votes solid for the Lok Sabha and Meeting elections regardless of the polls having been held concurrently. “The variation ranges from 4,056 votes in Dhenkanal PC to three,521 votes in Kandhamal PC and a pair of,701 votes in Bolangir PC,” the BJD petition stated.
The celebration additionally flagged a “large distinction” within the vote proportion revealed by the EC at 11.45 pm on the polling day and the ultimate figures that got here out two days later, searching for to know whether or not individuals had been nonetheless voting at 11.45 pm.
Not going into whether or not the issue was within the machine, within the course of, or the guide, the celebration requested the EC to take up the matter significantly and reply to all its factors within the curiosity of transparency for the advantage of democracy.
Requested if this meant that the BJD was on the identical web page because the Opposition INDIA bloc, which has raised considerations over EVMs in addition to the distinction within the real-time voter turnout and the EC’s remaining figures, members of the delegation Amar Patnaik and Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra stated the celebration had independently assessed the paperwork. The BJD memorandum had nothing to do with the INDIA bloc’s calls for, they stated.
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