Sunil Arora , Chief Election Commissioner

NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora on Sunday thanked all stakeholders in the just-concluded general election, saying due to their “wisdom and maturity”, the polls to the 17th Lok Sabha , four state assemblies and some vacant assembly seats passed off “peacefully”, barring some odd incidents here and there, and were conducted in a free, fair and ethical manner.

“Barring some odd incidents here and there, that too in such a vast country like ours with multi-fold formidable challenges in terms of terrain, weather and array of myriad local conditions, thanks to the wisdom and maturity of all the stakeholders, elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, general assemblies of some states and some by-elections passed peacefully and were conducted in free, fair, robust and ethical manner,” he said in a statement.

