Mumbai: During ongoing polling to the state Assembly on Wednesday, the polling process was hampered at many places due to malfunction in EVMs.
Booth No. 169
In an incident, the EVM (electronic voting machines) in Booth No 169 at BR High School in Akola West assembly constituency stopped working due to a technical problem.
Booth No. 292
The EVM at Booth No 292 in Malegaon Outer assembly constituency stopped functioning all of a sudden, rendering it as invalid. Many citizens have been queuing up at this polling station due to a fault in EVM.
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New English School, Jamner
In another incident at the New English School polling station in Jamner of Jalgaon district, many people were confused as EVM there failed to start. As a result, voting was delayed by 15 to 20 minutes.
Booth No. 226
The EVM at 226 polling centre at Dadegaon Budruk in Paithan taluka of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has stopped working since last one hour. The administration is working to replace the concerned machine.
Vikram High School, Kolhapur North
In yet another case, the EVM at Vikram High School polling station in Kolhapur North constituency has stopped, forcing citizens to wait in a long queue outside the polling station.
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The polling was interrupted for some time due to a problem in the voting machine at Manasgaon in Buldhana-Jalgaon Jamod constituency. (with Agency inputs)
