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Repoll today in 660 Bihar booths

By J. Venkatesan

NEW DELHI, FEB. 6. The Election Commission today ordered repolling in 660 polling stations of Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Newada districts of Bihar and nine polling booths in Girdhia district of Jharkhand tomorrow, where elections were held on February 3. However, repolling in six booths in three Assembly constituencies of Haryana will be held on February 23.

Complaints of irregularities

On Sunday, reelection was held in 347 stations spread over eight districts in Bihar and 21 stations in Jharkhand. In all these cases, repolling was ordered after complaints of large-scale irregularities, including booth-capturing and defects in voting machines, were reported on Thursday.

The Commission has so far ordered repolling in 1,098 booths of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana. Polling in the first phase was held on February 3 for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana, 64 in Bihar and 24 in Jharkhand. Elections to the remaining Assembly seats in Bihar and Jharkhand will be held on February 15 and 23.

Security to be reviewed

Taking into consideration the violence in Bihar and Jharkhand on February 3, the Commission has decided to review the security arrangements for the last two phases of the elections in the two States.

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