Election Commission of India on Tuesday ordered repolling in ward no 92 in Velachery meeting constituency after three company employees have been caught carrying EVMs and a VVPAT machine on a two-wheeler.
“On the basis of report of Returning Officer, Observers and taking all material circumstances into account, the Commission hereby declares under Section 58 (1)(b) of the Representation of the People Acr, 1951 that the poll taken on 6th April at polling No 92 of 26 Velachery Assembly constituency to be void,” the assertion learn.
The public caught three Greater Chennai Corporation workers after they had tried to move two EVMs and a VVPAT machine on two-wheelers on April 6 after polls within the state concluded. An inquiry was carried out and the staffers have been suspended.
Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo in an earlier assertion had stated the EVMs machines weren’t used for polling whereas the VVPAT machine recorded 15 votes.
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