Repolling is underway across eight booths in Arunachal Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election and the state assembly elections. The Election Commission (EC) declared the previous polling null and void following the incidents of violence and vandalism at these polling booths. The polling stations where repoll is being held are-- Sario in Bameng assembly constituency in East Kameng district, Longte Loth under Nyapin assembly seat in Kurung Kumey, Dingser, Bogiya Siyum, Jimbari and Lengi polling booths under Nacho constituency in Upper Subansiri district.
Bogne and Molom polling booths under the Rumgong assembly constituency in Siang district have also been witnessing the repoll.
Approximately 76.44 per cent of the entire electorate, which consists of 8,92,694 voters, participated in the voting process on April 19 to select 50 MLAs out of the 60-member assembly in the northeastern state. The BJP has already won 10 seats unopposed in the state.
The counting of votes for the Arunachal Pradesh assembly election will take place on June 2 while that for Lok Sabha polls will take happened on June 4.
First Phase Voting Concludes:
The voting for the first phase in 102 of 543 Parliamentary seats concluded on Friday. A voting percentage of 65.5 per cent was recorded in the first phase. In 2019 polls, this figure was 69.9 per cent, registering a significant 4.4 per cent dip.
The fate of over 1,625 candidates has been locked in the EVMs.
Lok Sabha Election 2024:
The voting for the second of seven phases will take place on April 26. Over 10.5 lakh polling stations have been established nationwide, and 1.5 crore polling officials, including security personnel, have been entrusted with supervising the voting procedure. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) said that over 96.8 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.