The task of checking the EVM machines of the 14 booths in the Kolathur constituency had been going on for the past week. At the end of the inspection, the Election Commission has said that there were no faults in the machines.

In Kolathur, former Chief Minister Stalin had lost by a margin of 8,795 votes. Following this, Stalin’s side filed a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging that in some booths in Kolathur, fewer votes had been recorded despite the presence of voters favorable to the DMK. Subsequently, the Election Commission began the process of verifying the EVM machines in 14 booths in Kolathur on the 29th of last month.
The machines at 2 booths were being checked per day. First, the votes recorded on April 23 were verified, and then a mock poll was conducted to check in front of the agents of the political parties whether the votes were falling correctly and being recorded. This process had been going on until today.
Meanwhile, two issues were raised on behalf of the DMK. They raised a complaint that one VVPAT machine had suddenly malfunctioned. Later, they complained that the serial number was missing on the outer surface of two machines.

Using these complaints as a reason, they were also removed from the EVM verification process. After this, in discussions with election commission officials, machines from other booths were selected and provided in place of the faulty machines. Those machines were also verified. In the end, it has been confirmed that there are no defects in the EVM machines in Kolathur.
