49% voting in repolls in Maharashtra s Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll (Lead)
Wednesday - May 30, 2018 9:12 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Nagpur May 30 (IANS) Around 49 percent voting was recorded in the re-polling in 49 polling stations on Wednesday for the bypolls to Maharashtra s Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency officials said.
There were no complaints of any glitches in the Electronic Voting Machine-Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (EVM-VVPATs) till the voting ended at 3 pm an election official from Bhandara said.
The counting of votes will be held as per schedule on Thursday in both Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seats.
The repoll was ordered by Election Commission after widespread incidents of malfunctioning EVM-VVPATs during the polling held on Monday in the constituency.
The re-polling was taken up in 49 polling stations spread across Bhandara Sakoli Arjuni-Morgaon Tirora and Gondiya assembly segments that comprise Bhandara-Gondiya parliamentary seat in eastern Maharashtra.
On Tuesday Gondiya Collector Abhimanyu R. Kale - who was overseeing the Bhandara-Gondiya parliamentary constituency elections - was shunted out and replaced by Kadambari S. Balkawde.
The high-stakes bypolls saw widespread glitches in EVM-VVPATs and allegations of foul play by all opposition parties and ruling ally Shiv Sena.
--IANS qn/vd
There were no complaints of any glitches in the Electronic Voting Machine-Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (EVM-VVPATs) till the voting ended at 3 pm an election official from Bhandara said.
The counting of votes will be held as per schedule on Thursday in both Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seats.
The repoll was ordered by Election Commission after widespread incidents of malfunctioning EVM-VVPATs during the polling held on Monday in the constituency.
The re-polling was taken up in 49 polling stations spread across Bhandara Sakoli Arjuni-Morgaon Tirora and Gondiya assembly segments that comprise Bhandara-Gondiya parliamentary seat in eastern Maharashtra.
On Tuesday Gondiya Collector Abhimanyu R. Kale - who was overseeing the Bhandara-Gondiya parliamentary constituency elections - was shunted out and replaced by Kadambari S. Balkawde.
The high-stakes bypolls saw widespread glitches in EVM-VVPATs and allegations of foul play by all opposition parties and ruling ally Shiv Sena.
--IANS qn/vd
