Will make all efforts to implement SC order on VVPAT, says EC

April 08, 2019 02:00 pm | Updated 02:00 pm IST

The Election Commission on Monday said it would make all efforts to immediately operationalise and implement the Supreme Court directive on cross-checking results of five EVMs per Assembly segment with VVPAT slips.

While the Opposition had demanded cross-checking of 50% EVM results, the Commission had opposed it citing an expert committee report. After hearing both the sides, the Supreme Court fixed five EVMs per Assembly constituency/segment for verification through VVPAT slips.

Earlier, the EC had fixed one randomly selected polling booth per Assembly constituency for the result matching.

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