Summary:
There were 20716 polling centres and election commission did videography at 1641 polling centres and went for webcasting live at 2129 polling centres. Amidst fresh campaign launched by opposition parties against the use of EVMs, polling in almost 10 constituencies in Maharashtra partially impacted due to glitches in the EVMs. The faulty EVMs were subsequently replaced by the district administration which led to a smooth polling in these constituencies. Shinde informed that there were 87 polling centres which were handled by 100 per cent women staff. In Nanded, the district administration swung into action after it received complaints relating to snags in 78 EVMs..