Duplicate Entries of 22,000 Voters in Satara : Santosh Patil, District Collector

Satara, 15 January – It has been observed that 22,000 voters names have appeared twice in the voters’ list. The voters’ list as of 01.07.2025 was going to be taken as the base for local body elections such as Zilha Parishad and Panchayat Samiti election, informed District Collector Santosh Patil in a press conference. The checking of duplicate entries in the voters’ list has been completed as per the instructions of the State Election Commission. District Collector further stated that EVM machine was provided for the election. Meetings have been held at different levels to follow the code of conduct during elections. The political parties will be explained the election rules and regulations. One window system will be started for election related work.

Breakdown in EVM machine in Pune : machine is 4 minutes fast if the light on the machine doesn’t get on

A snag in EVM machine has created suspicion about the elections, accused NCP’s Sharadchandra Pawar faction’s senior leader Ankush Kakade. He also accused that the officers on the polling booths didn’t give satisfactory answers. In a multi-member division system, vote is to be given to four candidates. After casting vote for three candidates, the light on the machine did not get on when vote was cast for the fourth time; therefore, it was not clear whether the vote for the fourth candidate was registered. The time on the machine was fast by 14 minutes as at 7.30, the time shown on the machine was 7.44.

A person wiping off ink was thrashed at Dhayari (Pune)

At a polling booth at Dhayari, a person wiping off the ink on his finger was thrashed.

An independent candidate exposed attempts of bogus voting at Jalgaon

Mr Piyush Patil, an independent candidate contesting in 5-A ward in Jalgaon city, thwarted attempts of bogus voting at RR Vidyalaya centre. Patil’s main competitor is Shiv Sena’s district chief Vishnu Bhangale. Patil found movements of a few persons in the queue little suspicious and immediately complained to the head of that polling booth. On verification, it was found that the suspects didn’t have official voting cards; therefore, the Police on duty, drove them away.

Bogus voters caught at many places

Bogus voters were caught at the following polling booths during the municipal corporations’ elections.

Jalna : Ward No 9- a bogus voter was nabbed and inquiry is underway. He is in the Police custody. He has been alleged to have voted in place of another voter.

Palus (Dist Sangli) : Attempts of bogus voting were foiled in Ward Nos 5 and 7. The opposition foiled three attempts of bogus voting . The Police took seven persons into custody on receiving a complaint from two Wards. In Ward 7, a suspect was thrashed by the party members. The Police had to call for additional force to bring the situation under control.

Malegaon : There was bogus voting in Ward 9. One woman came to vote but somebody had already voted in her name.

Kalwa (Dist Thane) : Four bogus voters were found in Ward 23.