Patna, Apr 23: Repolling is being held at 349 polling stations spread over 11 of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar that went to poll in the first phase on April 20. The poll process, which started at 7 am, was peaceful in the early hours, official sources said.
Repoll was in progress at 18 booths in Patna, 61 in Jehanabad, 17 in Barh, 32 in Gaya, 22 in Buxar, 53 in Bikramganj, 10 in Sasaram, 42 in Aurangabad, 38 in Ara, 12 in Nalanda and 44 in Nawada.
Repoll in 143 booths was ordered by the Election Commission as electronic voting machines did not function properly while revoting in 70 booths was necessitated following damaged caused to EVMs by anti-social elements. In rest of the booths, the repoll was ordered following electoral malpractices, the sources said.
Bureau Report