Fresh polling was underway on Monday at over 600 booths across 19 districts of West Bengal where voting for the panchayat elections was declared void amid allegations of tampering with ballot boxes and the violence that left 15 people dead, officials said. Pics/PTI
Updated On: 2023-07-10 03:38 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
Among the districts where repolling was being held, violence-hit Murshidabad has the highest number of booths at 175, followed by Malda with 109. Repolling was also being held at 89 booths in Nadia, followed by Cooch Behar (53), North 24 Parganas (46), Uttar Dinajpur (42), South 24 Parganas (36), Purba Medinipur (31) and Hooghly (29), officials said
No major incidents were reported since the polling started at 7 am, the officials said
The repolling, ordered in 696 booths, was being held amid tight security with four central forces personnel deployed in each centre, besides state police, the officials said (Pic/July 9)
"No major untoward incidents were reported from the districts where repolling is underway. A couple of stray incidents happened and those were managed by the police," a State Election Commission (SEC) official said (Pic/ July 9)
A road was blocked at Tehatta in Nadia, while voters demonstrated outside a booth at Mayna in Purba Medinipur district, the official said. (Pic/July 9)
