Mumbai : According to the revised data issued by the Election Commission (EC) a record has been set by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls were 74.85 per cent turned out for vote.
The EC has also recommended re-polling at a booth in Anuppur constituency, said the state’s Chief Electoral Officer V L Kantha Rao.
“We have got revised data and observers are still scrutinising it. So there may be some minor change in the next couple of days. According to the revised data, MP saw a turn-out of 74.85 per cent, or around 3.77 crore voters,” Rao told to PTI.
Nearly 5.04 crore voters truned out to vote. In which 75.72 per cent male and 73.86 per cent of female voters exercised their franchise, he said.
In 2013 Assembly polls, 72.13 per cent voting was registered.
There was nearly 56 numbers of voters difference in at a booth in Mogdi in Anuppur segment signatures in the register with the presiding officer and the number of votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machine he added.
An mismatch has been occurred to inept handling of EVMs by an employee, by which now the poll observer has recommended repolling.
The Election Commission will take further decision in this regard, he said.
Notices were also served to 289 candidates by returning officers for not submitting details of expenditure, he said.
As per reports 2,899 candidates including 1,094 independents, are in the fray for 230 seats in the state.
