{"id":1015,"date":"2019-04-12T14:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myvotemyindia.in\/news\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2019-04-12T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T14:22:58","slug":"voting-continued-till-midnight-as-faulty-evms-delayed-election-proceedings-in-andhra-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myvotemyindia.in\/news\/voting-continued-till-midnight-as-faulty-evms-delayed-election-proceedings-in-andhra-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting continued till midnight, as faulty EVMs delayed election proceedings in Andhra Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amaravati:<\/strong> Polling was going on in over 300 booths late into Thursday night in different districts of Andhra Pradesh as faulty EVMs hampered voting in the day.<\/p>\n

Though the scheduled polling time ended at 6.00 pm, voters in the queue waiting outside the booths were being allowed to exercise their franchise.<\/p>\n

“Even if it is midnight, those in the queue by 6.00 pm can cast their votes,” state Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi said.<\/p>\n

Till 6.00 pm, over 74 per cent voting was recorded for 175 assembly and 25 LoK Sabha seats in the state.<\/p>\n

In more than 380 booths, technical glitches in EVMs hampered polling during the days. As a result scores of voters returned home after a long wait.<\/p>\n

After the authorities rectified the defects and replaced some of the faulty EVMs, the poll process resumed.<\/p>\n

The voters who reached respective polling stations before the scheduled close were being allowed to fulfil their obligation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh, who is contesting the Mangalagiri Assembly seat, staged a protest at a polling station in Tadepalli town late Thursday night alleging lack of provision of basic facilities for the voters.<\/p>\n

“Voters are made to wait in queue for hours because the EVMs and VVPATs did not function. Not even drinking water was available for them,” Lokesh said.<\/p>\n

The minister was, however, jeered by opposition YSR Congress workers. They raised slogans asking Lokesh to “go back” and not disturb the poll process.<\/p>\n

Tension prevailed at the polling station as TDP workers tried to hit back.<\/p>\n

Guntur Urban SP Vijaya Rao reached the spot and asked Lokesh to leave. The TDP leader, however, remained adamant and picked up an argument with the officials.<\/p>\n

“I am a minister, remember. I have every single right to be here,” he said. However, the police managed to disperse the two sides soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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