Repoll tomorrow counting on Monday

Ranchi, Mar 31 (UNI) Counting of votes for the March 29 bypoll to Palamu Parliamentary rpt Parliamentary seat will be held on April second following the Election Commission's decision to conduct repoll in four booths tomorrow.

Earlier, the counting was scheduled on April one.

Chief Electoral Officer Debashish Gupta today said the repoll at four booths at Ranka in Garwah district would be held tomorrow following complaints of certain anomalies.

On March 29, an estimated 13.66 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the naxal-dominated Palamu bypoll, which was necessitated after Manoj Bhuiyan (RJD) quit his Lok Sabha membership following the cash-for-query scam.

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