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India to rerun election at some Manipur polling booths after violence
Opposition Congress party had demanded rerun as weeks-long election in which PM Narendra Modi expected to win third term gets underway
Voting will be rerun at 11 polling stations after reports of violence and damage to voting machines in the Indian state of Manipur which has been hit by months of ethnic clashes.
Indian authorities – which are currently staging the world’s biggest election – declared the voting void at the 11 location in Manipur and ordered the fresh poll for Monday, the chief electoral officer of the state said in a statement late on Saturday.
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