The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has filed a complaint to the SEC regarding a potential breach of the model code of conduct for elections.
Following the complaints, the State Election Commission (SEC) has announced the conduction of re-election on Tuesday at the four polling booths. These booths include – Chahiyan (Gurdaspur), Babnia (Muktsar), Madhir (Muktsar) and Chananwal (Barnala).
While the final percentage of polling is still being calculated, as many as 47% percent of voters had cast their votes as of 4.30 PM.
According to election officials, voter turnout increased over 30% by 2 PM on Sunday for the elections for members of the Zila Parishads and the Panchayat Samiti in Punjab.
Voting took place from 8.00 AM to 4.00 PM. The counting of votes will occur on December 17.
Elections were held for electing members of 347 zones of 22 Zila Parishads and 2838 zones of 153 Panchayat Samiti. More than 9000 candidates contested in total, while a total of 1.36 crore voters were eligible to vote.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has filed a complaint to the SEC regarding a potential breach of the model code of conduct for elections.
According to SAD Chief Spokesperson Daljit Cheema, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for Fatehgarh Sahib had published photos of the ballot papers on social media around 10 hours before the start of polling.
The photographs show the ballot papers bearing the printed serial numbers. “This incident is clearly in contrast to the free, fair and transparent election process and it calls for urgent intervention by the SEC,” he said.
