The first level of electronic voting machines (EVMs) of Bihar assembly pole found that 12.26% ballot units, 4.96% control units, and 4.67% VVPATS were declared as “FLC rejected” after a technical investigation across the state.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office, a total of 1,76,506 ballot units were examined, with 21,634 units failed to clean the inspection. Similarly, 6,389 out of 1,28,726 control units and 6,369 out of 1,36,317 VVPAT failed to clean the tests. At the same time, officials said, “a significant majority of machines,” 1,54,872 boys, 1,22,337 cubic, and 1,29,948 VVPAT ‘FLC OK’ were found and approved for use in the upcoming elections.
“A total of 189 ECIL engineers were deputed to check across the state. The rejected machines are being sent to Hyderabad to Hyderabad, while the situation of all units, whether it was clean or rejected, was updated on the EMS 2.0 portal,” officials said.
The FLC process described by the Election Commission as “an early and important technical inspection process” was organized from 2 to 25 June under the supervision of District Election Officers and ECIL engineers, inviting all major political parties to look at the representatives of the major political parties. The FLC process was monitored through live webcasting in all districts, allowing real -time monitoring by the Election Commission and CEO’s office.
“After FLC’s completion of FLC, the list of approved EVMs was provided to all recognized national and state parties at the district level,” officials said the officials stressed transparency in the process, “officials said.
Electoral officials mentioned that all 12 had recognized national and state-level political parties, they were informed about the FLC program at least six times and requested to send their representatives. Sources said, “More than 200 letters were sent to the parties, who were not participating, they were urging them to participate.”
The election body mentioned that on May 13, the state level meeting chaired by CEO Vinod Singh Gunjial reviewed the party’s participation and the progress of FLC. “Most of the major parties, including BJP, Congress, RJD, JD (U), LJP (Ram Vilas), CPI (ML), and BSP, actively participated in districts, while others such as AAM Aam Party, RLSP, and RLJP were limited.
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Officials mentioned that the party’s participation was “strong in 31 districts”, which included Patna, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur, while seven districts – Banka, Darbhanga, Gaya, Gopalganj, Naland, Supul and Kindjanj – were seen comparatively less party representatives during FLC.
Election officials said, “All parties expressed satisfaction with the quality of the process and the system.”
He said that the Election Commission of India and the CEO’s office maintained the “intensive and continuous monitoring” of the process through live webcasting and field visit. “28 observers, including senior officials of other states and EVM nodal officers, were deployed for on-ground supervision,” EC officials said.
With the completion of FLC, officials said that Bihar is now “fully prepared for the upcoming assembly elections, confirming the commitment to a transparent and reliable electoral process”.
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