India, March 2 -- Same electors photo identify card (EPIC) number does not imply duplicate or fake voters, the Election Commision of India (ECI) clarified on Saturday. ECI released a statement explaining that an elector can only vote at the polling booth mentioned in his EPIC, which will be different even if the EPIC number is same.

This follows certain reports circulated on social media that electors in two different States were getting the same Voter ID numbers.

The EC said that the duplication in EPIC number happened due to the use of "decentralised and manual mechanism" with "identical alphanumeric series" by two different states and Union Territories (UTs).

"Irrespective of the EPIC number, any elector can cast a vote only at thei...