Amid tight security, the polling in 135 civic bodies at 5,573 polling centres in 2,534 wards under the first phase of municipal elections in the State was by and large peaceful. The overall voting percentage was around 70 per cent.
According to reports coming from various districts, polling process is continuing peacefully through electronic voting machines (EVMs). Malfunctioning of EVMs was reported at a couple of places but were immediately replaced.
As many as 138 EVMs reported technical snags and they were replaced immediately. Minor conflicts at the polling booths were witnessed in Gwalior-Chambal region.
Since, the polling during first phase of urban body elections-2014 was conducted peacefully, State Election Commissioner R Parasuram has congratulated voters, political parties, officers, employees, police force and journalists for peaceful polling. He has expressed hope for such cooperation in future also.
The state Election Commission has ordered re-polling in ward-12 of Badkui Nagar Parishad in Chhindwara district since election symbols for election of corporators were erroneous. The re-polling will be held on December 2.