Amid tight security arrangements, repolling is underway at 73 polling booths in Kairana Lok Sabha constituency with an estimated...

Amid tight security arrangements, repolling is underway at 73 polling booths in Kairana Lok Sabha constituency with an estimated 48 percent turnout of voters till 3.00 pm, the state election officials said here. The Election Commission had yesterday ordered repolling in the constituency in view of technical snags in EVM-VVPAT machines during the by-election on Monday. Around 80,000 voters are registered in the booths where the repolling is on.

Kairana Lok Sabha constituency

Opposition Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal, as well as the ruling BJP, had raised claims of electronic voting machines (EVM) tampering at these booths.  The repolling began at 07.00 am and will continue till 5.00 pm in 23 polling stations at Nakur, 44 in Gangoh and one station at Thana Bhawan in Saharanpur and five in Shamli. On Monday, 54 percent polling was recorded in Kairana seat, which had fallen vacant following the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh, whose daughter Mriganka Singh is one of the candidates in the bypoll.

Mriganka is fighting Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan

Mriganka is fighting Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan, who is also supported by the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party. The counting of votes will take place tomorrow.