About 67% of polling was reported in the 59 booths where repolling was held on Sunday. The Election Commission has ordered repoll in 60 booths spreading across 10 Lok Sabha Constituencies of Rajasthan.
Repolling Facts
The Lok Sabha constituencies where repolling was held includes Jaipur Rural (2), Sawai Madhopur-Tonk (21), Dausa (14), Bharatpur (2), Karauli-Dholpur (3), Alwar (6), Pali (8), Rajsamandh (1), Barmer (1) and Jhalawar-Baran (2).
Repolling was ordered after complaints of large scale booth capturing and damage to EVMs during voting on May 7.
Repolling Mishaps
Polling could not be held in one booth as one person was killed and four others injured when police opened fire to disperse a mob which was allegedly trying to capture a booth at Gotada in Dausa.
According to reports, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, the poll observer, arrived at booth number 15 in Gotada village under Sikrai assembly constituency on Sunday morning only to find fake votes being cast. Mishra immediately suspended four officials on duty and stopped the polling, which upset the members of a particular community.
Soon, Mishra and other government officials were attacked by a mob, forcing police to open fire on the crowd. While 18-year-old Jaikishan Meena was killed on the spot, four others were injured. This is the second death in police firing during polling, the first being at Sawai Madhopur on Thursday.
