Elections 2019: EVM glitches reported in several areas in Delhi

New Delhi Complaints about malfunctioning EVMs poured in from several places of the national capital on Sunday where voting is underway Adarsh Gupta a resident of Matia Mahal area claimed that at polling booth number 84 85 and 86 electronic voting machines were initially not working in the morning Aam Aadmi Partys Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti alleged that EVMs at booths number 116117 and 122 were not functioningDangal2019 59 constituencies across six states including seven seats of the national capital vote in the Phase 6 of the LokSabhaElections2019 pictwittercomgXbS6e2x82mdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 12 2019EVM in booth 132 Hauzrani is showing 50 votes without anyone casting any vote in the machine n EVMs at booths 116117 122 in Malviya nagar not functioning Bharti tweeted However there was no immediate reaction from the chief electoral office Mudit Agarwal son of Congress Chandni Chowk candidate JP Agarwal alleged malfunctioning of EVMs at some booths in Matila Mahal and Ballimaran Assembly segments According to a police official they received information about an EVM not working at Begum Pur in Rohini but it was rectified AAPs Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh alleged that EVMs at polling booth number 27 were not working in the morning At Prithivi Park polling booth in Tilak Nagar Assembly EVMs had not been working since 7 am at polling booth 27 It is the same area where AAPs vote bank is considered Singh saidDelhi Legendary Cricketer Kapil Dev arrives to cast his vote at a polling booth in DPS Mathura Road along with wife Romi and daughter Amiya LokSabhaElections2019 Phase6 pictwittercomg7SoEKkpEhmdash ANI ANI May 12 2019Lok Sabha Election 2019 Total 2513 voting till 12 noon in Phase6 West Bengal 3826 Delhi1955 Haryana 2326 Uttar Pradesh 2175 Bihar 2070 Jharkhand 3127 Madhya Pradesh 2825 pictwittercomSOtZ8zbNjUmdash ANI ANI May 12 2019Delhi Earlier visuals of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra casting their vote at a polling booth in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya at Lodhi Estate LokSabhaElections2019 pictwittercomBNssOoIAQqmdash ANI ANI May 12 2019Delhi UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives to cast her vote at a polling booth in Nirman Bhavan Phase6 LokSabhaElection2019 pictwittercom1le3Vthj4nmdash ANI ANI May 12 2019He said the Election Commission claimed that faulty EVMs are changed within ten minutes but at ground such claims are telling a different story Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said voters were unable to find their votes at polling booths in his Najafgarh constituency Voters unable to find their votes at polling Booths It is true that on large scale votes have been deletedVote deletedwhat does ECI have to say about this very frustrating for voterconstitutional Right to Vote taken awaywho is responsible Who is accountable ArvindKejriwal AamAadmiParty ndtv aajtak pictwittercomTvW4ZLChXzmdash Kailash Gahlot kgahlot May 12 2019Voters unable to find their votes at polling Booths It is true that on large scale votes have been deleted All these are resident of Jai Vihar I Najafgarh ArvindKejriwal aajtak AamAadmiParty pictwittercoml8daYu4Lpomdash Kailash Gahlot kgahlot May 12 2019All these are resident of Jai Vihar I Najafgarh sic Gahlot tweeted Over 143 crore people in Delhi are eligible to vote in this election which will decide the fate of 164 candidates of which 18 are women There are 43 independent candidates While 254723 voters are in the age group of 18 and 19 there are 40532 electorate with disability who would be provided pick up and drop facility The counting of votes will take place on May 23Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesEdited by midday online desk with inputs from Agencies