More than 70% turnout was recorded in the re-polling held on Sunday at six polling booths in four Assembly constituencies in Gujarat, said officials.
Following an Election Commission directive on Saturday, the polling was held at two booths each in Vadgam and Savli constituencies and one each in Viramgam and Daskroi.
While the Chhaniyana 1 and 2 booths of the Vadgam seat clocked a 74% and 73% turnout, respectively, booth number 27 in Viramgam recorded 83%, Chief Electoral Officer B.B. Swain said.
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani is contesting from the Vadgam (SC) seat as an Independent candidate supported by the Congress.
The Nava Naroda booth of the Daskroi seat registered a 73% turnout, while the Nhara and Sankrada booths in the Savli constituency registered 71% and 75% respectively.
The re-polling was held from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Reason not given
The EC had on Saturday ordered the re-polling after the second phase of voting in the Gujarat Assembly polls, covering 93 seats of central and north Gujarat, on December 14.
However, the poll panel did not specify the reason for the fresh polling at these six booths.
The EC had also directed that the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips of 10 booths in seven constituencies be taken into consideration during Monday’s counting of votes as the presiding officers of these booths had failed to wipe out the votes cast during the mock poll from the control units.
The counting of votes for all the 182 Assembly seats will be taken up on Monday.
