In the midst of faulty EVMs, the MP records a participation rate of 75%; Kamal Nath declares that a "surprising result" was given

Bhopal: Even when Congress criticized the problems reported in the SRMs and other related devices, Madhya Pradesh saw about 75 percent of polls on Wednesday, an increase of about 3 percent over the last state-registered poll, 72%. in the polls of the 2013 Assembly.

"At 6 pm, the state registered a polling rate of 74.61%," told the press the Chief Electoral Officer, VL Kantha Rao, adding that voters registered in the voting booths before 5 pm but could not vote were waiting. in the queues and their votes will be added to the count later.

Voting was generally peaceful, with no violence and adverse incidents, the officer said.
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883 ballots were replaced as a result of snags, while 881 CPUs had to be replaced and 2126 VVPATs were replaced throughout the state, Rao said. According to him, the replacements were fewer than those of the recent polls of Karnataka.
In Bhopal, 53 polling stations, 74 VVPATs and 45 control units were replaced in the polling booths in Bhopal, said the director general.

In addition, the polls were delayed in several polling booths in the state, as voting machines could not function properly. 19659004] In Lanjhi headquarters in Balaghat, the seat of Lanjhi won 79% of the vote, 80% in Paraswada and 78% of the voters in Baihar. Polling stations were completed at 3 pm in remote areas.

where the vote was stopped for three hours or more. According to the information received, Nath said that it was possible that a "very surprising result" would occur.

"Aaj ke chunaav ki khaasiyat ye hai ki 2 cheezein shanti get nipat gayi, ek to chunaav aur doosra BJP (Two impressive Today, two things came to an end peacefully: first, the polls and secondly, the BJP ", said Kamal Nath.

On reelection applications throughout the state, Rao said candidates could submit their nominations to the returning officer. and they would pbad all these ways to the electoral commission for it to make the final decision.

The Commission received more than 3,000 complaints via the CVigil application, of which 1,000 were found to be untrue and the rest of them.

At the same time, Bhind district reported numerous violent clashes in the polls, with residents apparently firing in the air and also capturing the village polling station. Machhand. The scoundrels damaged the electric vehicles in the Raipura area and the polls were interrupted for a while in these places.

Voting began in the morning on a positive note, but voter turnout decreased throughout the day, but the tempo was somehow maintained until 5 pm.

The boycott of the polls took place in several places, including Satna, but the election commission officials denied having any information about these incidents. Nearly 5.04 voters voted Wednesday to decide the fate of 2899 candidates.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, MPCC leaders Kamal Nath, Jyotiraidtya Scindia, Digvijaya Singh and other senior officials exercised their right to vote in their respective voting booths.