The opposition in Tripura has demanded fresh polling in the West Tripura parliamentary constituency and the Ramnagar assembly constituency, on the allegations that the voter turnout in certain polling stations, based on “official” data, showed more than 100%.
According to CPI (M) Tripura secretary, Jitendra Chaudhary, data sourced from the office of the returning officer showed that turnouts in part 44 of the Majlishpur segment stood at 105.30%, 100.15% in part 25 of the Khayerpur segment, 98.80% in part of 44 of the Khayerpur segment, and 109.09 % in part 38 of the Mohanpur segment.
“The above records unequivocally vindicate that, the election to West Tripura Parliamentary Constituency and the by-election to Ramnagar assembly constituency, which is a part of the same parliamentary constituency, were not held in a free, fair and normal manner. Such mismatched polling percentage may happen only when the booths are captured and completely rigged in an organized manner,” Chaudhary wrote to chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday, according to the Indian Express.
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