NEW DELHI, Nov 26: Repolling has been ordered in 118 polling stations in the four states following complaints of booth capturing and other electoral malpractices. The Election Commission said repolling had been ordered in 118 polling stations out of a total of 1,11,331 polling stations where polls were held in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram, one Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat and 12 bye-elections in six states.Sticking to its position that the polls had been peaceful and orderly, the Commission sources said, ``this works out to 0.11 per cent and indicates the level of peaceful election conducted yesterday''.The maximum number of repolls have been ordered in the dacoit-infested Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh where three people were killed and a score injured when rival BJP and Congress workers fired at each other.Repoll has been ordered in 68 out of the total 56,834 polling stations in Madhya Pradesh. In Rajasthan, repoll had been ordered in 44 polling stations out of a total of40,845.While repoll had been ordered in four polling stations of Sheohar assembly constituency in Bihar, in Gujarat it would be held in two polling stations in the Broach Lok Sabha constituency where miscreants captured polling booths, stamped ballot papers and stuffed ballot boxes.There will be no repolls in Delhi or Mizoram since the Election Commission did not receive any serious complaints of disruption or electoral malpractices from either of these two states.
