75 per cent turn-out in Cherrapunjee mock polls

Shillong, July 27 (PTI) An estimated 75 per cent turn-out was today registered at the mock polls in two constituencies of Meghalaya to test the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system, a new technology which will provide feedback to the voters. Representatives of two regional parties - Mizoram National Front of Mizoram and Asom Gana Parishad of Assam � came to have a first hand experience of the machine and its effectiveness, SDO (civil) JD Suchiang, who was the returning officer for the mock polls, said. The mock poll was held at Sohra and Shella constituencies under Sohra Civil Sub-Division following a direction from the Election Commission that new VVPAT machines should be used on a trial basis.