Overview
- The Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer's office said 158 anomalous entries were found in roughly 14.81 lakh records after an in-house tool sometimes translated mistyped English inputs instead of transliterating them into Hindi.
- Published examples show entries that read like Hindi sentences—for instance a mistyped 'Ramhit Yadav' became 'Ram ne Yadav ko maara' while another voter slip listed a father's name as 'Ram ne Sharma ko Maara'.
- The UP CEO acknowledged the software cause and posted the example slips but then made a sarcastic remark on X that drew sharp condemnation from AAP and Congress leaders who questioned the tone and management of the official account.
- Election officials said the lists were used for Legislative Council polling on October 23 with counting set for October 27 and reiterated that polling officers should not deny voting for clerical or printing errors when ID can verify identity.
- The CEO's office warned that forged voter slips are circulating on social media, said investigations and corrective measures are under way, and noted that first-time online registration and missed edits likely contributed to the mistakes.