Goa elections 2017: 46% voting by 12 noon in re-polling at booth no 8 of Goa's Margao constituency

Voting was underway at the polling booth number 8 in Goa’s Margao constituency on Tuesday morning. Polling at booth number 8 at the government primary school in Aquem, Margao, was cancelled after election officials posted at the booth failed to delete the sample votes which were logged in the electronic voting machines (EVMs).

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Goa elections 2017: 46% voting by 12 noon in re-polling at booth no 8 of  Goa's Margao constituency

Goa elections 2017: Re-polling at booth no 8 in Margao constituency underway (ANI Image)

Voting was underway at the polling booth number 8 in Goa’s Margao constituency on Tuesday morning. Polling at booth number 8 at the government primary school in Aquem, Margao, was cancelled after election officials posted at the booth failed to delete the sample votes which were logged in the electronic voting machines (EVMs).

At least 46 per cent of voting was registered by 12 noon in re-polling at booth no 8 of  Goa's Margao constituency.

According to electoral procedures, sample votes have to be deleted before the actual voting begins.

Following this, the Election Commission on Sunday ordered re-polling on February 7. 

In a letter addressed to the Goa’s Chief Electoral Officer, Secretary to the Commission Sumit Mukherjee also instructed that the political parties and their candidates be informed in writing about the fresh poll.

"Please ensure that wide publicity is done about it in media and also by beating drums (“davandi”) in the areas of that polling station," Mr Mukherjee directed on Sunday.

According to final figures released by the election officials in Goa on Sunday, the overall voting percentage in Goa (excluding the count of votes in the polling booth scheduled for repoll) for the Assembly election was at 82.23%.

251 candidates were contesting the State assembly elections, while 11.10 lakh voters were eligible to cast ballot.

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