NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has ordered repoll at 46 polling stations in seven States where elections were disturbed due to various reasons during phase I on Thursday.
While repoll would be held on Saturday in Assam (five polling stations), Andhra Pradesh (29), Uttar Pradesh (1) and Kerala (2), in Jammu and Kashmir (1) it will be held the next day. In Arunachal Pradesh (5) and Nagaland (3), repoll is scheduled for Monday.
Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami told The Hindu that the Commission ordered repoll at these stations mainly because the poll process was disturbed due to reasons such as violence, forcible removal of EVMs and their malfunctioning.
In the case of booths where polling was disturbed/could not take place due to naxal attacks or naxal-related activities, he said that in many of those places the EVMs reached their base only on Friday and based on the reports to be received from the observers and local election authorities, a decision on repoll in these places would be taken later.
At Gachiroli (Maharashtra), which witnessed naxal violence, the polling parties had reached a safe location and were being airlifted. Similarly in Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and Orissa too, the parties were being brought back to safety from problem areas.
Compensation
The Commission said Rs. 10 lakh each would be paid as ex gratia to families of the poll personnel killed in violence or naxal/ militant attacks. In case of permanent disability, the amount would be Rs.5 lakh. It would be paid by the respective State governments/Union Territories where the personnel were on duty.
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