<p>Pune: Police have registered a case against <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ncp-sp">NCP (SP)</a> leader Uttam Jankar and 88 others after a section of people from Markadwadi village in Solapur district and nearby areas attempted to conduct a "re-election" using ballot papers, an official said.</p>.<p>Prior to this, police had registered a case against more than 200 persons for allegedly defying prohibitory orders and trying to conduct the "re-election".</p>.<p>On Wednesday, Jankar, who won the Malshiras assembly seat in the recent Maharashtra elections, and others were charged with unlawful assembly and disobeying orders issued by a public servant, among other sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.</p>.<p>Markadwadi village comes under the Malshiras assembly segment.</p>.Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | BJP's Devendra Fadnavis to be sworn in as CM on December 5.<p>On Tuesday morning, 250 to 300 persons gathered in the Markadwadi village to conduct a "repoll" by wilfully defying prohibitory orders and encouraging others to participate in the unauthorised polling process, the police said.</p>.<p>The idea of conducting "re-election" with ballot papers was floated after villagers raised doubts about the number of votes counted through EVMs from a polling booth in Markadwadi in the recently-held state elections.</p>.<p>However, they relented and gave up their plan after the police's intervention.</p>.<p>Jankar had defeated BJP's Ram Satpute by 13,147 votes.</p>.<p>Though Jankar won the seat, Markadwadi residents claimed the quantum of votes polled by the NCP (SP) leader was less compared with Satpute, expressing doubt about the EVMs.</p>.<p>The Solapur district administration had denied permission to villagers to conduct the "re-poll" on ballot papers and imposed prohibitory orders banning unlawful assembly.</p>.<p>The villagers, however, made arrangements for "re-polling" on Tuesday morning and placed the polling material.</p>.<p>Police held meetings with Jankar and villagers and explained to them the legal procedures and warned of registering cases, officials had said.</p>.<p>Later, the residents relented and cancelled their plans to conduct the "repoll". </p>
<p>Pune: Police have registered a case against <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ncp-sp">NCP (SP)</a> leader Uttam Jankar and 88 others after a section of people from Markadwadi village in Solapur district and nearby areas attempted to conduct a "re-election" using ballot papers, an official said.</p>.<p>Prior to this, police had registered a case against more than 200 persons for allegedly defying prohibitory orders and trying to conduct the "re-election".</p>.<p>On Wednesday, Jankar, who won the Malshiras assembly seat in the recent Maharashtra elections, and others were charged with unlawful assembly and disobeying orders issued by a public servant, among other sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.</p>.<p>Markadwadi village comes under the Malshiras assembly segment.</p>.Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | BJP's Devendra Fadnavis to be sworn in as CM on December 5.<p>On Tuesday morning, 250 to 300 persons gathered in the Markadwadi village to conduct a "repoll" by wilfully defying prohibitory orders and encouraging others to participate in the unauthorised polling process, the police said.</p>.<p>The idea of conducting "re-election" with ballot papers was floated after villagers raised doubts about the number of votes counted through EVMs from a polling booth in Markadwadi in the recently-held state elections.</p>.<p>However, they relented and gave up their plan after the police's intervention.</p>.<p>Jankar had defeated BJP's Ram Satpute by 13,147 votes.</p>.<p>Though Jankar won the seat, Markadwadi residents claimed the quantum of votes polled by the NCP (SP) leader was less compared with Satpute, expressing doubt about the EVMs.</p>.<p>The Solapur district administration had denied permission to villagers to conduct the "re-poll" on ballot papers and imposed prohibitory orders banning unlawful assembly.</p>.<p>The villagers, however, made arrangements for "re-polling" on Tuesday morning and placed the polling material.</p>.<p>Police held meetings with Jankar and villagers and explained to them the legal procedures and warned of registering cases, officials had said.</p>.<p>Later, the residents relented and cancelled their plans to conduct the "repoll". </p>