The Election Commission on Tuesday announced repolling in some polling stations in Punjab. It will be held on February 9, Thursday.
At many polling stations, the VVPATs and EVMs had reportedly developed a snag.The repolling will be held at 16 polling stations for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat.
As far as Assembly seats are concerned, it will be held at 12 polling stations in Majitha, one in Moga, nine in Muktsar, one in Sardulgarh and six polling stations in Sangrur.
The repolling will be held from 8 am to 5 pm.The EC order said the repolling would uphold the integrity of the electoral process.
The Election Commission said that at some places polling was interrupted as VVPAT machines and EVMs had malfunctioned. Of 24,697 Ballot Units and 24,256 Control Units used in Punjab 180 BUs and 184 CUs failed during the poll, the EC added.