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Nearly 24,000 of the implicit 2 lakh postal ballots were rejected erstwhile votes of the Bihar Assembly elections were counted, Election Commission information shows.
Of the 5.02 crore full votes polled, EVM and postal ballot included, 4.93 crore were recovered valid and 9.34 lakh were invalid. Of the full 2.01 lakh postal votes cast, 23,918 were rejected, according to the canvass panel.
The EC underlined that the fig of full valid votes polled — 4.93 crore — was derived aft removing NOTA votes.
Separately, the canvass authorization said its number is “100% accurate”.
In a societal media post, the EC said a “viral claim” ignored the implicit 1.77 lakh postal votes, which claimed a “fake mismatch”. Once postal votes are included, “the numbers lucifer perfectly”, the canvass assemblage said.
The percent of rejected postal votes implicit full postal votes was 11.87%.
None of the Above (NOTA) votes stood astatine 9.10 lakh, including those formed connected EVMs and sent done postal ballots. It comes to 1.81%.
Senior citizens (above 85 years of age), persons with disablement flagged successful the electoral rotation database, and persons employed successful indispensable services are entitled to postal ballots.
The wide elector turnout stood astatine 67.25% successful the two-phased predetermination held earlier this month. The turnout is the highest ever recorded successful the State, wherever women voters outnumbered men successful turning up astatine the astir 91,000 polling stations.
