Election Commission releases new figures, refutes opposition claims

Mumbai: The state held assembly elections on November 20. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi suffered a major defeat in this election. After this defeat, the opposition was expressing doubts about EVMs. While the opposition was raising doubts about EVMs, the Election Commission has released new figures. These figures of the Commission have come as a big shock to the opposition.
The Chief Election Commissioner of the state has ruled out the possibility of any kind of tampering in the assembly elections. The Commission has released a leaflet in this regard. Accordingly, no difference was found between EVMs and VVPAT slips. After the assembly elections, the opposition has been consistently alleging that there was tampering in EVMs. In Markatwadi in Solapur district, the opposition had tried to vote on ballot papers once again.
According to a leaflet released by the Election Commission on Tuesday (December 10), when the counting of votes was held on November 23, the State Election Commission counted the VVPAT slips from five polling stations in each assembly constituency. There was no discrepancy. On the day of the results, the slips from 1,440 VVPAT units in 288 assembly constituencies were counted. No discrepancy was found in them.
As per the directions given by the Supreme Court and the Central Election Commission after the Maharashtra assembly elections held on November 23, the counting of VVPAT slips from five polling stations in each constituency is required. The Election Commission counted 1,440 VVPAT slips from 288 constituencies in the presence of observers and candidates' representatives on November 23. The Commission clarified that its figures are consistent with the control unit