Assam elections: ECI orders repolling in four booths on April 20 after seizure of EVM from MLA s car
In a letter to Assam CEO, EC said that repolling will be held at the polling stations in Ratabari, Sonai and Haflong constituencies on April 20.
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GUWAHATI: The Election Commission of India on Saturday ordered repolling in four polling booths of Assam. Repolling will be held at the polling stations in Ratabari, Sonai and Haflong constituencies on April 20, the ECI said in a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam. The Commission declares void, the votes cast at these polling stations on April 1, it said.
Repolling will be held at the polling stations in Ratabari, Sonai and Haflong constituencies on April 20, the ECI said in a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam. The Commission declares void, the votes cast at these polling stations on April 1, it said. All the three constituencies went to polls in the second phase of Assam assembly elections on April 1. The ECI order said, repolling will be held at Ratabari (SC) contituency s polling station number 149 at Indira M V School, after an electronic voting machine (EVM) was found in a car belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate.
Updated Apr 10, 2021 | 20:23 IST
In an auxiliary polling station at 107(A)-Khothlir LP School under Haflong Assembly constituency, 171 votes were cast even though only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise. People stand in queue outside a polling booth to cast their vote | Photo Credit: IANS
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Repolling will be held at the polling stations in Ratabari, Sonai and Haflong constituencies on April 20
All the three constituencies went to polls in the second phase of Assam assembly elections on April 1
Guwahati: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday ordered re-polling in four polling booths in three Assembly constituencies in Assam. The repolling will be held on April 20 and the results will be announced on May 2.
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GUWAHATI: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday ordered re-polling in four polling stations of Assam on April 20 following EVM-related discrepancies and other anomalies.
The polling stations are 107A- Khothlir LP School and 107- Mualdam LP School polling stations in Haflong (ST) constituency, 149-Indira MV School (Right) in Ratabari (SC) seat and 463- Madhya Dhanehari LP School in Sonai constituency.
In Ratabari (SC), the repolling directive came in wake of an EVM being discovered from a vehicle belonging to the wife of sitting MLA Krishnendu Paul who is a BJP candidate from the nearby Patharkandi constituency in the Barak Valley. Karimganj deputy commissioner has already ordered a magisterial enquiry into the incident to probe why the polling officials carried a polled EVM in an unauthorized vehicle.