EC orders repolls in 6 booths in Gujarat

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 04:51 PM

EC orders repolls in 6 booths in Gujarat

Gandhinagar, Dec 12: The Election Commission has ordered the re-polling in six booths in the assembly elections of Gujarat in the first phase polling was held on December 9. The repolls will be held on December 14.

Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat B.B. Swain said: "the poll panel has canceled the results stored in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in six booths in four constituencies of the first phase of elections."

"The presiding officers of these booths had forgotten to wipe out the mock drill poll results necessitating the re-election. " he added

These are Dhunda and Manpar booths in Jam Jodhpur assembly constituency, Bandharda and Gangda in Una constituency, Chorwad in Nizar constituency and Chanod colony, Chanod in Umargaon constituency, both the latter are Scheduled Tribe (ST) constituencies.



"We have initiated necessary actions against these lax officials," Swain added.

All the voters of these booths, the concerned officials, and political parties have been informed about this change.

The repolls will be held along with the second phase elections for the remaining 93 seats of the 182 seat state assembly. The counting will take place along with Himachal Pradesh on December 18.