Security personnel lathi charge on people who were allegedly involved in ransacking a polling booth and public property during panchayat elections, at Rampur of South Dinajpur district of West Bengal, on Monday. Photo: PTIKolkata: The West Bengal state election commission on Tuesday ordered repoll in 568 of 41,000 booths where votes were cast during Monday’s panchayat elections—a record high, according to officials. Repoll has been ordered in 19 of the 20 districts where polling took place on Monday amid rampant violence in which at least 13 people were killed. Polling was high with as much as 82.13% of the electorate turning up to cast their vote, according to a statement issued by the state election commission. Repoll will take place on Wednesday, and the votes are to be counted on Thursday.

Source: Mint May 15, 2018 15:00 UTC