In another shocking incident, a presiding officer was arrested in Bani Vidya Mandir polling station in Gauripur under Dhubri Parliamentary constituency for allowing a person to enter the booth without checking the identity card, which was proved as proxy vote. The arrested presiding officer was Gaur Prasad Sharma.
In another incident a woman voter died while waiting in line in to cast her vote at Chitalmari Forest Village in Tiplai area under Dhubri Parliamentary constituency. The lady was identified as Kunan Nath.
GUWAHATI: As polling began in Guwahati, reports are coming in of EVM malfunctions and VVPAT display mismatch that are causing much anxiety among voters in Assam.
Deka told G Plus, “I went inside, voted and found that the VVPAT was showing a different name than my vote. As I complained about this to the polling authorities, I was told to pay Rs. 2 where my complain would be looked into and if it was found genuine, I would be. allowed to re-vote.”
There are also reports of EVMs not working. For example the EVM at the Soil Conservation office, Zoo Road, Booth number 2013.