New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Poll authorities in Bihar have not received any application from defeated candidates seeking verification of burnt memory or microcontroller data of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the recent assembly election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Thursday.

The ECI noted that no candidate, placed second or third in any constituency, submitted a request within the mandated seven-day window after the declaration of results. The same position applied to the eight assembly bypolls conducted alongside the second phase of polling on November 11.

Revised SOPs, issued on June 17 following directions from the Supreme Court, allow candidates finishing immediately behind the winner to apply for post-counti...