Madhya Pradesh elections: EC orders re-poll in three booths

, Dec 4: The

has directed for repolling at three polling booths in

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The re-poll was ordered following complaints of malfunctioning of EVMs in the three polling booths in Bhopal and Dhar districts, sources in the State Election office said today. Of the three polling booths, two are in Bhopal and one is in Dhar.

The two polling booths where re-polling would be held in Bhopal are polling station No. 61 at the the Gandhi Middle School (under the Bhopal South-west constituency) and polling station No. 93 in the St' Francis School, Jehangirabad (under the Bhopal Central constituency).

In Dhar, re-poll would be held at polling station No. 83 at Kalibaori under the Manawar assembly constituency.

Over 71 per cent of the electorate exercised their right to franchise in the November 25 polls for the 230 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.

PTI