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In Mizoram, according to the tradition of high voting rates, 80% of voters voted. The Electoral Commission said that the percentage of polls could exceed the 2013 figure, which was 80.82%, by the time the reports of the remote regions arrive.
In the only district of MP, Satna, more than 20% of VVPAT devices had to be replaced, which delayed the polls. CCP leader Kamal Nath and MP Jyotiraditya Scindia sounded the alarm early in the day and asked the EC to extend the voting hours.
The Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh, VL Kantha Rao, said that about 3% of the VVPAT had to be changed. "This figure is lower than the number of VVPAT changed in the Karnataka and Kairana elections, and in Chhattisgarh, 2% of the VVPAT machines were replaced," he said.
"Reports come from all over the country that EVDs do not work, which affects polls," Kamal Nath tweeted. Scindia tweeted: "We wrote to the Electoral Commission that the voting time in these polling booths should be extended."
However, sources told TOI that in Karnataka and Kairana, single-polling stations were only used on a pilot basis and that this was only the case. in Chhattisgarh that polling stations were used in 100% voting booths.
CEC operations in Rawat stated that the high rate of VVPAT malfunction in Satna was due to the fact that the VVPATs belonged to the batch used at Kairana and Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha in May this year, where Large-scale cascades have been reported (11.6 percent of machines). had to be replaced).
"Satna was the first to deliver the VVPATs before the elections in Madhya Pradesh.The design of the VVPAT was improved in the meantime, the production was halted for two months.The remaining constituencies in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram have been renovated.VVPAT, Satna has finally received the delivery of the old lot because there is no system to phase out the old batch of VVPAT, "said Rawat TOI.
EC sources indicate that the average failure rate of VVPAT is 1.5 to 1.6%. "At 2.5% in Madhya Pradesh, it's a concern, but not much higher than the average failure rate," Rawat said.
Despite the technical problems, the vote exceeded expectations. Even in Alirajpur, the lowest participation rate (63%) was still 8% higher than in 2013. The highest voting rate was in Chhindwara (83%).
Congress and the BJP believe that the high turnout will go in their direction. While CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the high voter turnout was a sign of people's confidence in his vikas mantra, adding that the BJP would "win comfortably," Nath thought people had shown BJP the door and Congress would win. 140 seats.
"An overall turnout of 75 percent of voters was reported throughout the country, and elections continued until late in the evening, which could lead to a slight increase in numbers," said Rao.
Scattered violence was reported in Bhind district, where gunshots rang out in four locations although EC placed the five-seat candidates under "house arrest" until 16:30 to prevent violence. The administration claimed that they had been summoned only for one meeting. At the Mehgaon badembly headquarters, one voter was shot in the head and seriously injured.
A BJP voting officer was attacked at a booth in Ater and clashes erupted between the BJP and congressional supporters in Akoda village. Shots were fired at three locations near the voting booths in Bhind town.
On the EVM malfunctions, Rao said: "In the Satna constituency, the returning officer failed to replace the reserve EVMs and substitutes had to be imported from the stations. The districts and neighboring districts had to be recalibrated, but the polls started smoothly from the district at 13:30. "
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