Repoll in 7 MPTCs on May 18
Hyderabad: State Election Commissioner Ramakanth Reddy said that re-polling would be held in seven MPTC seats in Seemandhra and Telangana regions on May 18. Announcing this at a media conference, Ramkanth Reddy said re-polling would be held in Thoorpu Erraballi, Mannamvaripalli, Pottipalli MPTCs in Nellore district, Yelluru 1 and 2 seats in Kolhapur mandal of Mahbubnagar district, Bandapalli and Mailaram MPTCs in Nizamabad district. He said full results of the MPTC, ZPTCs would be declared between 9 pm and 11 pm.
He said some 1,500 ballots in three boxes under Kondapuram ZPTC in Nellore district were irreparably damaged due to moths. However, the counting of votes was taken up keeping aside the affected 1,500 ballots and if the majority of the victorious candidate was less than 1,500 votes, repolling would be held again, he added. He also disclosed that soaked ballots in four boxes in Nidadavolu mandal were dried up in the presence of all candidates and counting of votes was taken up.
News Posted: 14 May, 2014
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