Aizawl, Nov 10 (UNI) Re-poll in a polling station for the Mizoram Assembly election passed off peacefully with 87.08 percent of the voters exercising their franchise on Friday.
The repoll in the Muallungthu polling station within Aizawl South-3 assembly constituency became necessary as officials forgot to erase the mock poll results from the EVM and those got added to the actual votes.
Officials said 944 (484 female and 460 male voters) out of the total 1,084 voters exercised their franchise in the re-poll
This is the only polling station in the state where re-polling has been conducted after the state went to the husting on Tuesday to elect a 40-member state Legislative Assembly.
Re-poll was necessitated after the polling officials of Muallungthu polling station realised that votes, polled in the mock poll, before the actual polling began at 7 AM on Tuesday, were not deleted and that the electorate continued to cast their votes in the same electronic voting machine (EVM).
The returning officer of the polling station, after consulting the election observer, notified the matter to the central poll panel and the ECI ordered the re-poll.
A new set of polling officials were appointed to conduct the re-poll
Four candidates – Rosiamngheta from Congress, Prof F Lalnunmawia from ruling Mizo National Front, Baryl Vanneihsangi from Zoram People’s Movement and Rev Zaichhawna Hlawndo, an independent – are contesting from Aizawl South-III.
In 2018, F Lalnunmawia wrested the seat from K S Thanga, of Congress, by securing 7,558 votes, which was 43.47% of votes polled.
