60 p.c. turnout in repoll

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 12. Repoll in 181 pooling stations in Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu was held today amid tight security. An estimated 60 per cent of the electors turned out to exercise their franchise in today's repoll. Repolling in 121 polling booths in Barak Valley in Assam will be held tomorrow.

Barring stray incidents of violence and poll boycott in Bishnupur Assembly segment in West Bengal, the repoll in Assam and Tamil Nadu was peaceful. Sources in the Election Commission expressed ``satisfaction'' over the conduct of repoll.

In West Bengal, where over 60 per cent voting was recorded in 90 booths spread over 30 Assembly constituencies, police fired eight rounds in the air to disperse CPI(M) and Trinamool Congress activists who clashed outside two booths in Bishnupur.

In Assam, more than 60 per cent of the electorate cast their votes as repolling in 85 polling stations under 19 constituencies in Brahmaputra valley ended peacefully.

In Tamil Nadu, about 50 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the repoll held in six booths in as many Assembly constituencies.

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