The Old Malakpet division or ward no. 26 of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is all set for repolls.
The repolling is scheduled to be conducted on the 3rd of December from 7:00 A.M., to 6:00 P.M.
The decision of repolling came after the incorrect party symbols of the Communist Party of India (CPI) were on the ballot paper.
The State Election Commission (SEC) said, ballot paper was wrongly printed with the symbol of CPI candidate.
Instead of ‘Ears of corn and sickle’, the ballot paper was printed with ‘hammer’, ‘sickle’ and ‘star’. Due to this, the Telangana SEC decided to call off the ongoing elections and reschedule the same for the 3rd of December.
Taking to Twitter, Municipal Administration and Urban development Secretary Arvind Kumar said that the repolling would be held on the 3rd of December and an indelible ink will be applied on the middle finger of the voters.
The symbol error on the ballot paper was noticed by the general observer of the Malakpet circle who reported the mistake to higher authorities.
Meanwhile, polling for other 149 divisions of the GHMC was completed on the 1st of December and the results would be announced on the 4th of December.
The major parties contesting the GHMC elections are, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS,) the Indian National Congress (INC,) the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP.)
Stay tuned for further updates.
