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GUWAHATI: Five polling personnel were suspended in Assam after it emerged that 181 votes were cast in a booth that had 90 eligible voters.
The incident was reported from the 107(A) Khothlir Lower Primary School polling booth in the Haflong Assembly segment. The Dima Hasao District Election Officer ordered a re-poll in the booth.
It was an auxiliary polling station of the main voting centre at Mouldam Lower Primary School. The incident came to the fore on April 4, two days after polling was held in the booth.
Some villagers had reportedly come with their own list of voters and refused to accept the official voters’ list. The constituency had recorded 74% voting as against the statewide average of 80.96%.
171 votes cast in Assam booth with 90 voters
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Five Assam polling personnel have been suspended after it was found that the 90 eligible voters of the booth that they were assigned had ended up casting 171 votes.
The Dima Hasao District Election Officer has also ordered a re-poll at the 107(A) Khotlir Lower Primary School polling booth in the Haflong Assembly constituency, which went to the polls in the second phase on April 1.
The booth was an auxiliary polling station of the main voting centre at Mouldam Lower Primary School nearby.
The constituency had recorded 74% voting, markedly less than the second phase average of 80.96% across 39 Assembly constituencies of southern, central and parts of northern Assam.
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Five polling officials were suspended as 171 votes were cast in the Assam s Haflong constituency which had only 90 voters.
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In Assam s Haflong constituency, even though 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise, total 171 votes were cast in a booth in Assam s Dima Hasao district, which went to the polls in the second phase on April 1.
Five poll officials were suspended by district election officer citing dereliction of duty.
On April 2, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer of Dima Hasao issued the suspension order but on Monday morning the incident came to light.