MP polls: EC directs for re-election in three booths

Bhopal: The Election Commission has directed for repolling at three polling booths in Madhya Pradesh.The re-poll was ordered following complaints of malfunctioning of EVMs in the three polling booths in Bhopal and Dhar districts, sources in the State Election office said today.[caption id="attachment_1266175" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representational image. AFP[/caption]Of the three polling booths, two are in Bhopal and one is in Dhar.The two polling booths where re-polling would be held in Bhopal are polling station No 61 at the the Gandhi Middle School (under the Bhopal South-west constituency) and polling station No 93 in the St' Francis School, Jehangirabad (under the Bhopal Central constituency).In Dhar, re-poll would be held at polling station No 83 at Kalibaori under the Manawar assembly constituency.Over 71 percent of the electorate exercised their right to franchise in the 25 November polls for the 230 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.PTI