A Congress delegation recently met with residents of Markadwadi village in Maharashtra's Solapur district, who had raised concerns about the legitimacy of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024, which took place on November 20. The villagers had even announced plans to conduct a "repoll" using ballots, news agency PTI reported.

The residents of Markadwadi, which falls under the Malshiras Assembly seat, questioned the results of the EVM count, particularly the votes of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ram Satpute. They claimed that at least 80 per cent of the votes should have gone to Uttam Jankar of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), the eventual winner. They found it suspicious that Satpute had received 843 votes in their village, while Jankar secured 1,003. They argued that Satpute should not have received more than 100-150 votes in the village.