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A booth with 90 voters in Assam polled 171 votes, officials fired
Updated Apr 6, 2021, 4:15 am IST
The district election officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll
The Election Commission has found that 171 votes were cast at a booth where only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise in Halflong Assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. (Representational Photo: AFP)
Guwahati: In what has raised the suspicion of bogus polling, the Election Commission has found that 171 votes were cast at a booth where only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise in Halflong Assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district on April 1.
Assam: 171 Votes Cast in Dima Hasao District That Has Only 90 Voters
The district election officer has suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll.
Representative image of people voting. Photo: PTI
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Haflong (Assam): At least 171 votes were cast in a booth in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, even though only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise, officials said on Monday, revealing a massive irregularity.
The voters’ list of the polling station had 90 names, but 171 votes were cast in the electronic voting machine (EVM), officials told PTI.
The booth is in Assam s Haflong constituency, which went to the polls on April 1 (Representational)
Haflong:
Total 171 votes were cast in a booth in Assam s Dima Hasao district, even though 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise, officials said today, revealing a massive irregularity.
The booth is in the Haflong constituency, which went to the polls in the second phase on April 1.
Haflong witnessed 74 per cent polling.
As the incident came to light, the District Election Officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll.
However, the official order for re-election at the booth, an auxiliary polling station of the main voting center at Mouldam LP School, is yet to be issued.
A polling booth in Haflong constituency located in Assam s Dima Hasao district have registered a total of 171 votes, whereas, the polling station had 90 names in the voters list.