The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered re-polling through postal ballot in Chilakaluripet Assembly constituency on May 8 and 9, announcing that all 1,219 EVM ballot papers utilised by the government employees on election duty stand invalid.
EVM ballot papers were issued to the voters instead of postal ballot papers at the facilitation centre set up at Chilakaluripet on May 5.
The ECI, in its communication to Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena, said, “Disciplinary proceedings shall be initiated against all the officers responsible and the action taken report should be submitted to the ECI by May 9.”
