Faulty EVMs delayed polling at some booths in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri and Bhandara districts on Monday, an official said. Polling was also halted for sometime at a booth in Worli area of Mumbai due to a technical error, he said.
The state Congress unit also sent 187 complaints to the Election Commission of malfunctioning of EVMs. In Ratnagiri’s Dhamangaon village, polling was stopped at a booth from 8.30am to 10am due to a technical fault in the EVMs, he said.
The EVM glitch also halted the polling process at a booth in Kalamban Gavhanwadi village in Ratnagiri since 9.42am, he said, adding that voting resumed there around 12.30pm. In Bhandara district, polling was disrupted from 9.15am to 9.35am due to a similar issue, he said. Long queues were witnessed outside these polling stations as the voting process was disrupted.
In Mumbai, polling at a centre near the Doordarshan office in Worli area was halted for sometime due to a technical error, the official said.However, the issue was resolved soon and polling resumed, he added. Polling was under way in all 288 Assembly seats since 7am and will end at 6pm.
