Jaipur. Voting will be held again on May 8 at a booth in Barmer Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan. In Barmer region, this re-polling will be held at polling station number 50 of Chauhtan assembly constituency. This polling center is in Government Higher Secondary School, Dudhwa Khurd. Re-polling here will be held on May 8 from 7 am to 5 pm. Voting for the Barmer-Jaisalmer Lok Sabha seat was held on April 26 in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Four employees who conducted voting at this booth have been suspended.
Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that re-polling will be conducted at polling station number 50 of Chauhtan assembly constituency. The Election Department has made all preparations for re-polling as per the instructions of the Election Commission. Webcasting will be done at the polling station. Gupta said that on the day of voting, a complaint was received about violation of secrecy of vote at this booth. After that, a proposal was sent by the Election Department of Rajasthan to the Election Commission of India for re-polling at this booth.
Election Commission has given instructions for re-polling here
He said that the Commission has given instructions for re-polling here. Here, during the voting and after the voting, the scrutiny process conducted on 27th April was done in the presence of observers and candidates/election agents of the Election Commission of India. During that time no such complaint was made by the candidates/election agents.
4 members of the polling team suspended
The Chief Electoral Officer said that the four members of the polling team who conducted the voting at this booth of Chauhtan on April 26 have been suspended by the District Collector (District Election Officer) Barmer. Along with this, instructions have been given to take necessary legal action against the representative of the webcasting vendor. Action will be taken against them under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 for violating the secrecy of voting.
FIRST PUBLISHED: May 7, 2024, 12:53 IST