Pune: In a bid to address concerns over potential discrepancies in vote counting, candidates from Bhosari and Chinchwad constituencies have formally requested the verification of electronic voting machine (EVM) data following the recent assembly elections.
Ajit Gavhane, representing the NCP faction led by Sharad Pawar, contested from Bhosari, where BJP’s Mahesh Landge won by a margin of 63,765 votes. Meanwhile, Rahul Kalate of the NCP (SP) contested from Chinchwad, where BJP’s Shankar Jagtap secured a victory by 103,865 votes.
Both candidates have sought verification of the microcontrollers in the EVMs used in their respective constituencies. Kalate has applied for the verification of 25 EVMs in Chinchwad, paying ₹11.80 lakh, while Gavhane has requested verification of 10 EVMs in Bhosari, depositing ₹4.72 lakh.
Under election norms, candidates can request a re-evaluation of EVM data by submitting a fee to the district collector’s office. The re-evaluation process allows for the review of up to 5% of the EVMs in each assembly segment. The window for submitting such requests closed on November 30, following the announcement of election results on November 23.
In the assembly elections, Landge secured 56.91% of the vote share in Bhosari, with 213,624 votes, while Gavhane garnered 149,859 votes (39.92%). In Chinchwad, Jagtap won 60.51% of the votes, totaling 234,678, while Kalate received 131,458 votes (33.8%).
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