CHANDIGARH: The State Election Commission Punjab today directed that counting of votes in respective Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad zones would not take place on Wednesday 14th May 2008 in which such polling booths are located where adjournment/ cancellation of polling had been ordered in the state on account of directions of the High Court or re-polling would held on 26th 2008 due to election related incidents.

Disclosing this here Tuesday a spokesman of the State Election Commission Punjab said that the directions in this regard has already been issued to all the District Electoral Officers-cum-Deputy Commissioners, all Addl. District Electoral Officers-cum-Addl. Deputy Commissioners (Dev.) in the State.

He added that pursuant to the directions of Hon'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court and on account of adjournment/ cancellation of polling in some of the booths on 12.05.2008, re-poll in all such polling stations
have been ordered on 26.05.2008.  As the counting of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad votes is scheduled to be held on 14th May, 2008 but with a view to ensure peaceful and orderly conduct of re-poll at the concerned Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad polling booths, it has been decided that counting of the respective Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad zones would not take place in which such polling booths were located.

Adding further "if re-poll has been ordered in different booths falling in four or more different zones of any Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, then the counting for the entire Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad shall stand postponed wherein such polling stations/ booths are located" he said.

On the recommendation of concerned Additional Deputy Commissioners (Dev.)-cum-Additional District Electoral Officers about reported poll violations and disturbance of election process in the state on 12th May, the Commission today ordered repoll in eleven more Polling Stations. The repoll would take place on 26.05.2008 between 8.00 AM to 4.00 PM at the polling stations already set up. The concerned Returning Officers would fix date, time and place of counting of votes and send notices to this effect to all the contesting candidates.

The epelling has been ordered today in Polling Station No.4 village Dhulka in Panchayat Samiti Zone No.17 Sangatpura and Zila Parishad Zone No.17 Tangra, Polling Station No.6 village Kaleke in Panchayat Samiti Zone No.19 Kaleke and Zila Parishad Zone No.17 Tangra, Polling Station No.7 village Kaleke in  Panchayat Samiti Zone No.19 Kaleke and Zila Parishad Zone No.17 Tangra, Polling Station No.69 Dandrala Kharod in Panchayat Samiti Zone No.14 Barch and Zila Parishad Zone No.2 Challella, Polling Station No.196 Rampur Sahiwal in Panchayat Samiti Zone No.15 Tohra and Zila Parishad Zone No.2 Challella in distt Patiala and in Lambi epelling would take place at Polling Station No.35, Polling Station No.37, Polling Station No.79, Polling Station No.79-A, Polling Station No.80 and Polling Station No.80-A.

It may be mentioned here that the state commission had already ordered to repoll at 17 polling stations due to poll violations and disturbance of election process during polling in the state on Monday 12th May. The Election Commission, on the orders of H'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court, had already postponed the elections in four zones of three Zila Parishads and one each in fifteen Panchayat Samitis to 26th May