A probe would be carried out into how some booths in Durg district witnessed about 15 per cent or less voting in the recently concluded Assembly election, official here said on Friday.
The local authorities will conduct the investigation to find out why some booths also witnessed high voting and send a report to the election commission.
The six Assembly constituencies in the district saw an overall polling of about 70 per cent. In Durg city Assembly area the polling was 67.49 per cent.
District Collector and returning officer Brajesh Chandra Mishra reviewed the polling and found that there were about 22 booths where the polling was either 15 per cent or less. Five booths saw more than 82 per cent voting. Similarly the number of booths which got about 52 per cent of polling stands at 17. In the review meeting it was decided to examine why there were low or high polling in some booths.
The administration will also investigate if forged voting led to high polling in some booths. It will also be checked if any specific reason led to low polling in some booths.