AGARTALA, April 25 : With over 80 per cent polling recorded in Tripura - the highest in the country so far in the 15th Lok Sabha election - polling officials deposited the EVMs safely in the strong rooms last night.
According to official reports, except 18 polling parties, which had conducted elections in farthest locations in Tripura, roughly about 18,000 polling staff had deposited 2,990 EVMs till late last night.
The counting of the poll is scheduled to be held on May 16 after the fifth and last phase of elections. The report said the commission had received six complaints from different political parties.
The Left Front demanded re-poll in one booth under Asharambari Assembly segment of East Tripura (tribal reserved) seat while the Congress accused the CPI-M of proxy voting in the southern part of the state.
“An EVM developed technical problem after casting of 109 votes in a particular booth in Asharambari area, which forced the authority to replace the EVM and voting was disrupted for about an hour. So we demand fresh polling there,” CPI-M state secretary Bijan Dhar said.
Police said no untoward incidents related to poll were registered with police till last night. Altogether 25,000 security personnel, bolstered by day long air-surveillance, ensured peaceful polling in 3,008 booths spread across the state.
Tripura had set a record in the electoral history of voter turnout in post-Independent era in the country when it registered 91.86 per cent turnout in last year’s state Assembly election held on February 23.
In this Lok Sabha elections too, the percentage of casting was highest in the country so far, Additional CEO Dilip Acharjee said.
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