| Repoll
concludes amid tight security in Assam
Guwahati,
May 12: Repolling in 75 polling stations of 19 constituencies
of Assam's Brahmaputra valley ended peacefully on Saturday as more
than 60 per cent of the electorate cast their votes on Saturday
amidst tight security, election office sources said.
Majority of
the voters exercised their franchise before noon though many people
rushed to the polling booths in the last hour before poll ended
at 4 P.M.
Polling was
held amidst tight security with 10 CRPF personnel posted per station
while Army and police patrolled the area around to the election
booths.
Repolling had
been ordered by the election Commissionfollowing reports of rigging
and ballot snatching in 206 polling stations during Assembly election
on May 10.
The 19 constituencies
where repolling is being held are Bhabanipur (1 polling station),
Kalaigaon (2), Barpeta (1), Sorbhog (1), Bongaigaon (4)), Rangiya
(21), Hajo (1), Bilasipara East) (2), Gossaigaon (1), Kokrajhar
West (4), Kokrajhar East (1), Tingkhong (2), Moran (5), Naharkatia
(2), Sadiya (3), Barama (5), Chapaguri (2), Tamulpur (16), Udalguri
(1).
Fresh voting
will be held tomorrow in the 13 Barak valley constituencies. Counting
of ballots would begin tomorrow from 8 a.m. simultaneously with
the repolling.
Meanwhile, the
state government has declared Saturday and Sunday as paid holidays
and dry days (no sale of liquor) in the areas falling under the
polling stations in both the Barak and Brahmaputra valleys.
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