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478 voters, 510 votes in Chhattisgarh polling booth!

Calcutta News.Net
Saturday 22nd November, 2008 (IANS)

Four poll officials were suspended after 510 votes were cast in a polling booth with 478 registered voters in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district during the second phase of the assembly elections, officials said Saturday.

Polling booth number 176 in village Manikchauri in Abhanpur constituency recorded above 100 percent voting on Nov 20, the final phase of assembly elections in which 51 of the state's 90 constituencies went to polls.

Official sources said all the four polling staff deployed at the booth were suspended and the district election officer recommended re-polling.

Chhattisgarh Congress president Dhanendra Sahu, who is a sitting legislator from the seat, is locked in a fight with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate and former Lok Sabha MP Chandrasekhar Sahu. Manikchauri is Chandrasekhar Sahu's ancestral village.

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