Re-poll underway in 52 polling booths in three states today

May 13, 2014 10:07

Re-polling commenced on Tuesday in 52 polling booths spread across three states, including those in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

The Election Commission said Andhra Pradesh accounts for re-polling in 30 booths and Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in 11 each.

In Uttar Pradesh, re-poll had been ordered in three booths of riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, seven in Ferozabad and one in Badaun.

Re-poll was ordered following scrutiny by respective returning officers after complaints of rigging, booth capturing, violence and demands by locals, the EC said.

Polling in the constituencies, where these booths figure, were held on different dates during the nine-phased electoral exercise.

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