CEO casts his vote after EVM hiccups

Kolkata, Apr 27 (UNI) Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) in West Bengal Debashis Sen, who could not cast his vote this morning because of an EVM snag at the polling booth, exercised his franchise in the afternoon.

When Mr Sen went to the booth at Prakash Bhavan in Salt Lake area under Belgachia East Constituency at around 0730 hrs, he found that the EVM machine was malfunctioning. He then decided to go to his office.

He returned at around 1400 hrs and cast his vote.

''So far more than 50 per cent votes were cast in Kolkata and its two adjoining districts with no report of any major disturbances from anywhere so far.

''Except the report of some EVM malfunctioning,there was no complaint from anyone or from any political party,'' Mr Sen said, adding that polling was continuing peacefully everywhere.

State Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty is locked in a multi-cornered contest in the Belgachia East assembly constituency.

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