Repoll underway in Puducherry's Kamraj assembly segment

Re-polling is underway in a booth in the Kamaraj Nagar constituency as ordered by the Election Commission of India. The re-poll began at 7 am as total 952 voters are expected to exercise their franchise.

Puducherry: Polling is underway in a booth in the repoll in Kamaraj Nagar Assembly segment of Puducherry Parliamentary constituency on Sunday.

The Election Commission had ordered repoll in the booth following a complaint that officials had not cleared the mock poll votes recorded on the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine.

The mock polling was conducted before the actual election on April 18.

A total of 952 voters including 479 women are expected to exercise their franchise at the repoll, official sources said.

Tight security is in place for the repoll which began at 7 am and would go on till 6 pm