Afew complaints regarding the malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) were reported at some polling booths across the Delhi as the national Capital voted in the sixth round of the General Election-2019 on Sunday.

Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh said 5.5 per cent EVMs were replaced in the morning, adding that problems in EVMs were reported from Chandni Chowk and West Delhi.

“Mock polls happened in the morning and where machines were found defective they were replaced. 5.5 per cent EVMs were replaced during morning hours and that might have caused delay in start of polling,” Singh said.

According to a police official, they received information about an EVM not working at Begumpur in Rohini but the issue was addressed.

Aam Aadmi Party’s Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti alleged that EVMs at booths 116,117 and 122 were not functioning.

“EVM in booth 132, Hauzrani is showing 50 votes without anyone casting any vote in the machine n EVMs at booths 116,117, 122 in Malviya nagar not functioning,” Bharti tweeted.

Mudit Agarwal, son of Congress’s Chandni Chowk candidate JP Aggarwal, alleged EVMs malfunctioned at some booths in Matia Mahal and Ballimaran assembly segments.

AAP’s Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh alleged that EVMs at polling booth number 27 were not working in the morning.

“At Prithivi Park polling booth in Tilak Nagar assembly segment, EVMs had not been working since 7 am at polling booth 27. It is the same area where AAP’s vote bank is considered,” Singh said.

He said the Election Commission claimed that faulty EVMs are changed within ten minutes, but at ground, such claims are telling a different story. A senior police official, posted at Nirman Bhawan polling booth, said there was a complaint about EVM malfunctioning which was replaced with another one.

There was connection error between control unit and ballot unit at Nirman Bhawan.