<p>Repolling in seven polling booths of Chandragiri Assembly segment in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district peacefully concluded on Sunday.</p>.<p>Over 85.16% of votes were polled up to 5 pm. The Election Commission of India (EC) had decided to conduct re-polling in the seven booths considering the complaints made by both the YSR Congress and ruling TDP that voters from a certain community were not allowed to vote.</p>.<p>EC took the decision following an appeal for re-poll by YSRCP contestant Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy, who had filed a complaint with the state's Chief Electoral Officer Gopala Krishna Dwivedi along with visual evidence of the incidents that occurred on April 11.</p>.<p>Following which a re-poll was ordered in five booths— Kammapalli, S R Kammapalli, Pulivartivaripalle, Venktramapuram and Kotha Kandriga.</p>.<p>However, the EC decided to add two more, Kaluru and Kuppam Baduru, after the TDP demanded re-polling in 19 booths located in several constituencies that went on polls during the first phase of the Lok Sabha election.</p>.<p>A delegation of the TDP leaders submitted a memorandum to Chief Secretary L V Subramanyam in this regard.</p>.<p>Authorities have provided unprecedented security cover at the polling booths considering the ongoing tension between the main parties.</p>.<p>More than 350 men in uniform provided security cover to each booth.</p>.<p>Separate queue lines were drawn for men and women. Young and old participated in the polling process right from 7 am. In Pulivartivaripalle, police booked TDP candidate Pulivarthi Nani for entering into a brawl with an YSRCP activist. YSRCP candidate Bhaskar Reddy also created a flutter at the same booth.</p>
<p>Repolling in seven polling booths of Chandragiri Assembly segment in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district peacefully concluded on Sunday.</p>.<p>Over 85.16% of votes were polled up to 5 pm. The Election Commission of India (EC) had decided to conduct re-polling in the seven booths considering the complaints made by both the YSR Congress and ruling TDP that voters from a certain community were not allowed to vote.</p>.<p>EC took the decision following an appeal for re-poll by YSRCP contestant Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy, who had filed a complaint with the state's Chief Electoral Officer Gopala Krishna Dwivedi along with visual evidence of the incidents that occurred on April 11.</p>.<p>Following which a re-poll was ordered in five booths— Kammapalli, S R Kammapalli, Pulivartivaripalle, Venktramapuram and Kotha Kandriga.</p>.<p>However, the EC decided to add two more, Kaluru and Kuppam Baduru, after the TDP demanded re-polling in 19 booths located in several constituencies that went on polls during the first phase of the Lok Sabha election.</p>.<p>A delegation of the TDP leaders submitted a memorandum to Chief Secretary L V Subramanyam in this regard.</p>.<p>Authorities have provided unprecedented security cover at the polling booths considering the ongoing tension between the main parties.</p>.<p>More than 350 men in uniform provided security cover to each booth.</p>.<p>Separate queue lines were drawn for men and women. Young and old participated in the polling process right from 7 am. In Pulivartivaripalle, police booked TDP candidate Pulivarthi Nani for entering into a brawl with an YSRCP activist. YSRCP candidate Bhaskar Reddy also created a flutter at the same booth.</p>
