Srinagar, Sept 28: Election Commission has ordered repolling in nine polling booths in Poonch, Jammu and Badgam districts in J&K following reports of violence and rigging. There will be repolling in nine polling booths--three in Surankote, three in Mendhar, two in Budgam and one in Gandhinagar segments--following reports of violence, rigging or faulty EVMS in these areas, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Dheeraj Gupta told reporters here today.
The nine polling stations would go to polls on October 1 alongwith four other districts which go to polls in the third phase of elections.
Repoll has been ordered at polling station number 43a and 44a of Budgam segment following reports of rigging there, Gupta said adding repolling would be held in two stations in Mendhar segment and one in Gandhinagar constituency on similar basis. Giving the revised figures of polling for the second phase, Gupta said after reports from all the remote areas poured in the tally stood at 41 per cent for the districts of Jammu, Srinagar and Budgam.

Bureau Report