After reports
of deficiencies in polling process during the first phase the Election
Commission today ordered repoll at 33 polling centres spread across five Lok
Sabha constituencies in Bihar.
The repoll
dates for the centres in Karakat, Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada and Jamui
Lok Sabha constituencies, which went to polls yesterday during the first phase
of elections in the state, would be announced later on, Additional Chief
Electoral Officer R Lakshmanan said.
"A majority of the centres on which repoll will be conducted are those
where polling party could not reach due to security reasons. Complaints from
voters, faulty EVMs and clash at two or three booths are the other reasons for
repoll," Lakshmanan said.
Jamui, with 19, has the highest number of centres where repoll would be held.
It would be followed by Nawada with six, Aurangabad
with four as well as Gaya
and Karakat with two centres each, he said.
Lakshmanan said the EC has marked deficiencies in the first phase of polls and
has issued instructions to remove them in the rest of the five phases of
elections in the state. This includes monitoring of polling through SMS.
Aaprt from the five Lok Sabha seats, voting was held yesterday for the Sasarm
constituency.
Meanwhile, the nomination process for the fifth phase of elections in the state
for Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Hajipur and Ujiyarpur
constituencies will start tomorrow and the polling will be held on May 7.
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