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Kamal Nath has Congress would win 140 seats. (File) As polling closes Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh, with 74.61% of voters voting, Congressman Kamal Nath said two things had ended peacefully : elections and the reign of the BJP in the state. Nath, who had predicted that Congress would end the BJP's 15-year rule in the state by winning 140 seats out of 227 badembly members, said that all chances of success would materialize according to the reports.
"Aaj ke chunaav ki khaasiyat ye hai ki 2 cheezein shanti nipat gayi, ek chunaav aur doosra BJP (The best thing about today's elections is that two things ended perfectly – one is the poll itself and the other is the BJP), The congress leader said. "I had said that we would win more than 140 seats, but after the vote today and with all the information, it is possible that the result is very surprising," he said. added.
Although no acts of violence were reported, the vote was marred by complaints about defective electronic voting machines (EVM) and verifiable paper verification machines. elector (VVVPAT). Chief Electoral Officer VL Kantha Rao said that 1,145 MVE and 1,545 VVPAT had been replaced following complaints about technical problems.
Reporting on the problem of EVD malfunctioning, Nath asked to go to the polls where elections were interrupted for three hours or more. "We have asked that the polls spread to all polling booths where the voting process was interrupted for three hours or more, because the voters do not come back because everyone has work to do. Just saying that the poll will be extended until 9 or 10 o'clock is not correct, "he said.
Congressional Election Officer, Jyotiraditya Scindia, asked the Electoral Commission to increase polling time in polling booths for EVM pips to compensate for the delay. "There have been several complaints about EVD malfunctions in several places." We had asked the electoral commission to extend the term the polls in these polling booths to compensate for this delay, "he said.
A 75% participation rate in Mizoram
A participation rate of almost 75% was registered in the polling stations of Mizoram, said the Assistant Commissioner of Elections, Sudip Jain.The polls took place in the 40 seats of the badembly in the northeastern state.
State had an electorate of 7 70 395 people, of whom 3.94 897 were There were 209 candidates, including 15 women, in the running. Of the 1,179 voting booths, 47 were clbadified as "critical" and as "vulnerable" by the electoral commission.
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