JOWAI: Repolling at Kyndong Tuber S-‘A’ booth under Raliang constituency in West Jaintia Hills went off peacefully on Thursday
Altogether, 544 of the 628 voters, or 86 per cent, came to exercise their franchise, said Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Kharkongor.
Candidates from all parties visited the polling station on Thursday.
Polling was cancelled in this village after malfunctioning of EVM. Villagers told The Shillong Times on Thursday that polling started in the morning but was disrupted due to technical snags but the machine was replaced.
But the process was halted again after some villagers complained that pressing any button was showing the name of the BJP candidate on the VVPAT screen.
But the process was halted again after some villagers complained that pressing any button was giving the result BJP on the VVPAT screen. “We raised the matter with the presiding officer who later informed the sector officer concerned. The sector officer challenged the voters instead of dealing with the situation,” said SD Lyngdoh, the younger brother of an independent candidate. When the official challenged, the complainants asked him to check th EVM. “If no one had challenged the sector officer, all votes in the polling station would have gone to BJP,” a section of the villagers said.
“The unprofessional behaviour of the sector officer has led to a heated argument between voters and poll officials,” said Lyngdoh.
