NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding demands by Aam Aadmi Party and others for replacing the current EVMs with new-age voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines for greater transparency, an analysis of results in all 40 constituencies in Goa and 33 seats in Punjab where VVPATs were deployed shows little variation with results in other constituencies having EVMs without paper trail.As per counting data from 33 constituences of Punjab, Congress got the largest number of votes in 20 seats, followed by SAD and AAP which emerged as No 1 in 6 constituencies each. A lone seat showed Lok Insaaf Party as the winner.The overall results for Punjab reflected a similar distribution of wins across its 117 constituencies. While Congress emerged as the single largest party with 77 seats, AAP got 20 seats and SAD, 15.Even in Goa, in the 40 seats where VVPATs were used, Congress emerged as top grosser of votes in 17, followed by BJP in 13 seats, Maharashtra Gomantak Party, Goa Forward Party and Independents in 3 seats each and NCP in one seat.According to a senior EC functionary, the like pattern of results in constituencies with VVPATs and those with second-generation EVMs (with no paper trail) confirms that nothing unusual was uncovered by use of VVPATs.Many opposition parties have come forward to question the tamper-proof nature and reliability of EVMs in the wake of the BJP's landslide in the recent UP polls. While BSP has sought a return to the ballot paper system, Aam Aadmi Party has been insisting on VVPATs to ensure greater accuracy and transparency in voting.EC, on its part, has been pursuing the government to release funds to the tune of Rs 3.174 crore for procuring around 15.5 lakh VVPATs for use in the next general elections to the Lok Sabha in 2019.In a letter sent to law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on March 22, CEC Nasim Zaidi had reminded him to release the funds immediately so that the VVPATs could be ordered in time to ensure their supply by September 2018. Zaidi had cited the "prevailing circumstances" to press for VVPATs, in what is seen as a reference to questions raised by various parties on the reliability of EVMs.