No Evidence of EVM Tampering in Maharashtra Elections: ECI

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that all the machines are in proper condition in the EVM inspection and verification process conducted after the 2024 general elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

EVMs passed all tests

As per the Commission's instructions dated June 17, 2025, the State Chief Electoral Officer S. Chokkalingam inspected the Voter Unit (BU), Control Unit (CU) and VVPAT in 10 Assembly constituencies at the request of 10 candidates.

All the machines passed the diagnostic tests. No discrepancy was found between the VVPAT slips and the EVM results. 8 candidates or their representatives were present during the process and witnessed the verification. A total of 48 voting units, 31 control machines and 31 VVPATs were inspected. Two candidates refused to attend.

All doubts about EVMs are false 

In some constituencies (Kopri-Pachpakhadi, Thane, Khadakwasla, Majalgaon) diagnostic tests were conducted to verify microcontroller and memory. A mock poll was conducted along with diagnostic tests on the machines in Panvel, Alibaug, Arni, Yeola, Chandgad, Kolhapur North and the rest of Majalgaon.

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The machines were certified to be working properly in all the tests. The Election Commission of India has once again clarified that EVMs cannot be tampered with in any way. Therefore, there is no reason to doubt the results, the Election Commission of India has said.