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Haryana election office counters vote mismatch claims, releases figures for three Assembly seats

Panchkula, Nov 11 (UNI) The Haryana Chief Electoral Officer's office has rejected a media report alleging discrepancies between votes polled and counted in the 2024 elections, releasing official figures for Kaithal, Badkhal and Tosham Assembly constituencies to challenge claims of irregularities in electoral records.
In a series of fact-check statements issued on social media, the election office described the report as misleading and said the Election Commission's published index cards contained the correct figures for registered electors and votes polled.
The report had alleged discrepancies in 51 constituencies across Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, specifically citing Kaithal and Badkhal in Haryana.
According to the official index card for Kaithal, the constituency had 2,23,449 registered electors, while 1,67,285 votes were recorded through electronic voting machines (EVMs). The total number of votes polled, including postal ballots, stood at 1,68,851.
The election office disputed the report's claim that 1,67,070 more votes had been counted than cast in Kaithal.
In Badkhal, the Chief Electoral Officer said the report had incorrectly presented approximately 3.32 lakh registered electors as votes polled. The official records showed 3,32,253 registered electors, 1,60,329 EVM votes and 1,60,553 total votes, including postal ballots.
The constituency recorded a turnout of 48.32 per cent.
The election office issued a separate clarification concerning Tosham, where a difference of 61,737 votes had been highlighted. It said the figure represented the difference between the total number of registered electors and votes actually polled, rather than a discrepancy in vote counting.
According to the official index card, Tosham had 2,23,609 registered electors, of whom 1,59,979 cast their votes through EVMs. The total votes polled, including postal ballots, stood at 1,61,872, representing a turnout of 72.39 per cent.
Defending the election verification process, the Chief Electoral Officer's office said polling-day figures were shared with candidates' polling agents through prescribed electoral records and matched with EVM figures during counting.
The office maintained that no complaints regarding differences in voting figures had been received and said the journalists concerned could have approached election authorities for clarification.
The clarifications cited the Election Commission's published index cards to rebut the reported discrepancies.
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