No mismatch in EVM, VVPAT counts in Bihar polls: EC

No mismatch in EVM, VVPAT counts in Bihar polls: EC

NEW DELHI: There was no mismatch between the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) counts and the votes recorded by electronic voting machines in the Bihar assembly election held last month, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The VVPAT slips were counted in 1,215 randomly-selected polling stations of Bihar to match with the votes counted … Read more

Sushil Kumar Modi files nominations for Bihar Rajya Sabha by-poll

Sushil Kumar Modi files nominations for Bihar Rajya Sabha by-poll

Patna: Veteran BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar which has been necessitated by the death of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. Modi filed his nomination papers at the Vidhan Sabha secretariat in presence of a host of leaders of the ruling … Read more

Bihar elections: Parties face challenge of NOTA after widespread vote in 2015

Bihar elections: Parties face challenge of NOTA after widespread vote in 2015

New Delhi:In the upcoming Bihar assembly election, political parties face another challenge apart from fighting among each other – the state saw a significant number of votes being cast for ‘none of the above’ (NOTA) in the 2015 assembly election as well as 2019 Lok Sabha election. In 2015, about 950,000 votes were recorded for … Read more