Punjab State Election Commission on Sunday ordered re-poll in the ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections, held on Saturday, in two booths. The decision was taken after the differences between number of votes in the register and the voting machine was found.
As per the decision, the repolling would be held at Booth no 2 and 3 of Ward no 44 on February 26, that is Monday. The counting of votes would be done on Tuesday.
It is for the first time in the recallable past that the counting of votes be done after a gap of few days. As per the precedent, the polling and counting of votes were done on the same day.
Earlier on Saturday, a scuffle broke out between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress workers during ludhiana civic polls. The Congress alleged that SAD workers created a ruckus at a polling booth at BRS Nagar and open fired on cars.
Voting for the biggest municipal body in Punjab, the ludhiana Municipal Corporation, was conducted on Saturday wherein a total of 494 candidates, belonging to the Congress, SAD, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the lok Insaf Party are trying their luck from 95 municipal wards.