As many as 6.81 lakh sticks of red sealing wax and over four lakh candles will be used in Maharashtra to keep the electronic voting machines (EVMs) secure after the Lok Sabha polls next month. After the election, the fate of candidates will be sealed in the EVMs.

These EVMs, their control units and the VVPAT machines, being used the first time, are to be kept firmly secured and for this sealing wax is used, an official release said. "For this, six sticks of sealing wax per polling centre will be used and total6.81lakh sealing wax sticks will be required," it added.