Repolling was conducted in 48 polling stations under Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency and five assembly segments of Punjab on Thursday.
Repolling was ordered by the Election Commission following malfunctioning of Voter-Verified Audit Paper Trail (VVPAT) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in these stations during the 4 February elections.
The repolling began at 8 am amid tight security, officials said.
The repolling was ordered at 12 polling stations of Majitha Assembly seat, nine each of Muktsar and Sangrur, one each of Moga and Sardulgarh and 16 polling stations of Amritsar Parliamentary constituency.
Problem in VVPAT was witnessed in Majithia, Muktsar and Sangrur assembly segments while EVMs were found faulty in Moga and Sardulgarh segments.
From Majitha seat, Cabinet Minister and Akali candidate Bikram Singh Majithia is locked in a contest against Congress and AAP candidates Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli and Himmat Singh Shergill respectively.
From Muktsar, the Congress has fielded Karan Kaur while the SAD and AAP have fielded Kanwarjit Singh and Jagdeep Singh respectively.
From Sangrur, the Congress's nominee is Vijay Inder Singla while the SAD has fielded Parkash Chand Garg and AAP has nominated Dinesh Bansal.
In Moga, Congress has fielded Harjot Kamal Singh against Akali candidate Barjinder Singh and AAP candidate Ramesh Grover.
From Sardulgarh seat, the fight is between Congress candidate Ajit Inder Singh, AAP's Sukhwinder Singh and Akali candidate Dilraj Singh.
From Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, the poll fight is between the BJP's Rajindermohan Singh Chhina, the Congress's G S Aujla and the AAP's Upkar Sandhu.
Elections for 117 assembly segments took place on 4 February and the state recorded 78.6 per cent of voting.
The EC had used VVPAT for the first time in Punjab at 6,668 polling stations in 33 assembly segments and two segments in Amritsar Lok Sabha seats.
The Election Commission had even sought a report from the state election authorities about the malfunctioning of VVPATs, which caused a delay in voting.
After VVPATs developed a snag, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister had attacked the Election Commission and tweeted:
VVPAT generates a receipt and allows people to verify if the vote went in favour of the candidate against whose name the button was pressed on the EVM.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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