LUCKNOW: A day after the BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, opposition parties today demanded that all elections in the future be held through ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs). Samajwadi Party (SP) spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary alleged that the BJP again misused EVMs to win 14 mayoral contests and reiterated the demand that ballot paper be used in the future elections. Though the BSP managed to bag two mayoral seats - Aligarh and Meerut, the SP and the Congress drew a blank. The BJP won 14 of the total 16 mayoral seats. Senior Congress leader Deepak Singh said, "The BJP won 14 out of the 16 mayoral seats in which elections were held using EVMs.

Source: Economic Times December 02, 2017 13:52 UTC