Aizawl Nov 26, 2013(PTI): Re-poll would be conducted in Republic-I polling station in Aizawl South-I constituency on Thursday due to reports of alleged malpractices by one polling official, Mizoram's Joint Chief Electoral Officer H Lalengmawia said.
Lalengmawia told PTI this evening that the re-poll was ordered after the decision was made by the Election Commission following complaints from a number of voters and the decision of the Commission came late this evening.
A polling official in the polling station allegedly told voters to push a particular button, the third one (that of the Congress candidate's) and the complaint was lodged to the state election department by the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) after two women voters lodged a protest.
Some voters also alleged that the polling officer was acting like a peeping tom when they were casting their votes.
Candidates in the seat included the sitting legislator K Liantlinga of the ZNP, R Vanlalvena, former student leader, of the ruling Congress, who had contested and lost in 2008 state assembly polls and RK Lianzuala of the main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF), a well-known television personality.
Lalengmawia told PTI this evening that the re-poll was ordered after the decision was made by the Election Commission following complaints from a number of voters and the decision of the Commission came late this evening.
A polling official in the polling station allegedly told voters to push a particular button, the third one (that of the Congress candidate's) and the complaint was lodged to the state election department by the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) after two women voters lodged a protest.
Some voters also alleged that the polling officer was acting like a peeping tom when they were casting their votes.
Candidates in the seat included the sitting legislator K Liantlinga of the ZNP, R Vanlalvena, former student leader, of the ruling Congress, who had contested and lost in 2008 state assembly polls and RK Lianzuala of the main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF), a well-known television personality.