In Arunachal Pradesh, repolling is now on in 34 polling stations spread over five districts under both the Lok Sabha constituencies and 11 Assembly seats. The repolling, which began at 6 am, will continue up to 2 pm. The state Chief Electoral Officer, Chandra Bhushan Kumar told AIR that the highest number of 12 booths for repoll are in Kurung and Kumey districts where disturbances and damaging of EVMs by political workers, malfunctioning of EVMs and intra-party clashes were reported during the April 9 voting for 49 Assembly seats and both Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The number of booths where repolling is taking place in others districts are: Upper Subansari – 9, East Kameng-8, West Siang-4 and 1 booth Sissen in East Siang district. In Sissen, voters had boycotted polls demanding road connectivity.

Assistant IG Police Tushar Taba is camping in Kurung Kumey district where voting on 9th April was disrupted in several booths. Arunachal IGP (Law and Order) Satyendra Garg told AIR that besides state Police, CRPF personnel have been deployed at all the booths.