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EC orders repolling at 73 Kairana booths on Wednesday

  •   Tue, May 29 2018 04:20:14 PM

Lucknow, May 29 (IANS): The Election Commission (EC) has ordered repolling on Wednesday at 73 polling booths in Kairana parliamentary constituency where technical snags in EVMs-VPPATs were reported during the by-election on Monday, an official said.

Both the opposition and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had alleged that the electronic voting machines at these polling booths were faulty and that could have a bearing on the free and fair outcome of the balloting.

Repolling will be held on May 30 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., during which 80,000 voters are likely to exercise their franchise.

Repolling will be held in 23 polling stations at Nakur, 44 in Gangoh and one at Thana Bhawan in Saharanpur and five in Shamli.

A total of 54 per cent polling was recorded on Monday in Kairana seat, which fell vacant with the death of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hukum Singh. In 2014, 73 per cent voting was recorded.
  

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Tue, May 29 2018

    Gone are the days when the people had confidence in the election process with the likes of Seshan as Chief Election Commissioner. A repoll is not the answer but a special investigation team under a Retired Supreme Court Judge to examine all the complaints in the last general elections and every election held after that

    To restore public confidence, EVM's should be banned and Ballot Papers reintroduced.

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  • pooki, mangaluru

    Tue, May 29 2018

    what an irony? it seems the EC is completely under the control of central government. They do not even offer any reasons for the failures of these machines and not even consider ballot paper voting.

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