New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- The number of votes polled did not match the number counted on electronic voting machines (EVM) in 32 constituencies across Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir in the 2024 elections, according to internal Election Commission of India (ECI) records.

In another 19 seats, officials entered "0" or "nil" in the column meant to record how many voters walked into polling booths. That left the poll body with no way to cross-check the count, investigative portal The Reporters' Collective reported.

The Reporters' Collective said it examined returning officers' reports for 467 Assembly and 63 Lok Sabha constituencies. That covers all but one of the 531 seats that went to the polls in the two states and the Union Territ...