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Sensitive polling stations identified in capital
New Delhi, Nov 06: As Delhi prepares for Assembly Election next month, Chief Electoral Officer Arun Goyal today said that 30 hyper-sensitive and a large number of sensitive polling stations have been identified in the capital.
New Delhi, Nov 06: As Delhi prepares for Assembly
Election next month, Chief Electoral Officer Arun Goyal today
said that 30 hyper-sensitive and a large number of
sensitive polling stations have been identified in the
capital.
"Of the total 8,900 polling stations, 30 have been identified as hyper-sensitive and 200 as sensitive based on their past records and whether the area falls under political and communally sensitive zones," Goyal told reporters here. He said 35,000 security personnel would be deployed apart from the 1,000 section officers to ensure a free and fair elections which would be monitored by 36 observers.
The CEO said with the model code of conduct coming into force from October 6, the contesting candidates have to maintain their election expenditure account on a daily basis.
"As per the instructions of the Election Commission, the contesting candidates have to maintain their election expenditure account in the prescribed register on day-to-day basis and also furnish the register with supporting documents, for inspection any time during the process of election to the returning officers or election observers," he said. If the candidates fail to produce the register it would be considered a default, he added. He said the Commission is making efforts to make political parties and returning officers familiar with the use of electronic voting machines. "Three rounds of training has already been conducted for the returning officers and assistant returning officer. In the second phase we will acquaint the polling parties with the use of EVMs," Goyal said.
"No person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any election pamphlet or posters, which does not bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer or publisher," he said.
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"Of the total 8,900 polling stations, 30 have been identified as hyper-sensitive and 200 as sensitive based on their past records and whether the area falls under political and communally sensitive zones," Goyal told reporters here. He said 35,000 security personnel would be deployed apart from the 1,000 section officers to ensure a free and fair elections which would be monitored by 36 observers.
The CEO said with the model code of conduct coming into force from October 6, the contesting candidates have to maintain their election expenditure account on a daily basis.
"As per the instructions of the Election Commission, the contesting candidates have to maintain their election expenditure account in the prescribed register on day-to-day basis and also furnish the register with supporting documents, for inspection any time during the process of election to the returning officers or election observers," he said. If the candidates fail to produce the register it would be considered a default, he added. He said the Commission is making efforts to make political parties and returning officers familiar with the use of electronic voting machines. "Three rounds of training has already been conducted for the returning officers and assistant returning officer. In the second phase we will acquaint the polling parties with the use of EVMs," Goyal said.
"No person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any election pamphlet or posters, which does not bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer or publisher," he said.
Bureau Report