Dima Hasao witnesses peaceful polling, 65 pc voter turnout recorded

A Correspondent

Haflong: Defying the 36-hour bandh call by a lesser known armed group, an estimated 65 per cent voters in Dima Hasao exercised their voting rights peacefully in 242 polling stations on Thursday during the second phase of Lok Sabha election. Though polling started at 7 am throughout the district of Dima Hasao in many polling stations polling was delayed for hours due to malfunctioning of EVMs and lack of knowledge of EVM operation among the polling officials. Later, EVMs were replaced resulting in an hour-long delay.

The voter turnout is likely to increase slightly after the officials from the far-flung polling stations report by Friday morning. The 16-Haflong (ST) LAC segment in Dima Hasao is a part of 3-Autonomous District along with 17 Bokajan, 18-Howraghat, 19- Diphu and 20-Baithalanso under Karbi Anglong district.

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