Hyderabad, Nov. 28 -- Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana , C Sudarshan Reddy on Friday said that no request was made for verification of Electronic Voting Machines used in the 61-Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency bye-election, even though the provision was available to candidates finishing second or third.
As per Election Commission of India guidelines, candidates placed behind the winner can seek verification of up to 5 per cent of EVMs-including the Ballot Unit, Control Unit and VVPAT-within seven days of the declaration of results.
The technical examination, if requested, is undertaken by engineers from the original EVM manufacturing companies to detect any tampering or malfunction.
However, Reddy stated that neither the Dis...