All arrangements in place for by-polls to 5 Assembly seats in Assam
Guwahati Oct 28 PTI The election machinery in Assam has put in place all necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of by-polls to five assembly constituencies on October 30 As many as 796 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 31 contestants in Gossaigaon Bhabanipur Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra constituencies a state Election Department release said here on Thursday To make sure that there is no problem on the law and order front and to keep a strong vigil on expenditure incurred the Election Commission of India ECI has appointed General Police and Expenditure Observers the release said Personnel of Central Armed Police Forces CAPF will be deployed at each polling station and live monitoring and webcasting have been arranged by the Chief Electoral Officer CEO Assam for monitoring the voting process live on October 30 as per the ECIs direction Webcasting will be done in all the 1176 polling stations including 285 in Gossaigaon 213 in Bhabanipur 322 in Tamulpur 183 in Mariani and 173 in Thowra constituencies To motivate voters for exercising their franchise and strictly follow COVID-19 protocol in the polling stations an awareness campaign is being conducted under the ECIs Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation SVEEP programme In the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic ECI has taken precautionary measures to ensure that all polling stations strictly follow COVID-19 safety protocols for the safety of voters and election officials Each polling station will be sanitised a day ahead of polling The facility of thermal scanning hand sanitisers face masks will also be made available at the polling stations the release said A total of 796456 electors including 393078 women and four third-gender persons are eligible to exercise their franchise There are also 3165 service voters 8864 electors above 80 years of age and 4 998 fall under the People with Disability PwD category Tamulpur has the highest number of voters at 217432 while Thowra has the lowest number of voters at 115971 voters To ensure an inclusive election the option of postal ballot facility has been extended to senior citizens above the age of 80 years PwDs COVID-19 suspect or affected persons in addition to people employed in essential services Arrangements like transport facilities for elderly people assistance to PwDs and senior citizens have also been made at the polling stations For the convenience of opting for transportation by registering online a mobile app-Divyaang Sarathi Nirvachan – has been developed for the PwD voters A total of 5410 polling personnel will be engaged the release said PTI ESB MM MM
Guwahati Oct 28 PTI The election machinery in Assam has put in place all necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of by-polls to five assembly constituencies on October 30 As many as 796 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 31 contestants in Gossaigaon Bhabanipur Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra constituencies a state Election Department release said here on Thursday To make sure that there is no problem on the law and order front and to keep a strong vigil on expenditure incurred the Election Commission of India ECI has appointed General Police and Expenditure Observers the release said Personnel of Central Armed Police Forces CAPF will be deployed at each polling station and live monitoring and webcasting have been arranged by the Chief Electoral Officer CEO Assam for monitoring the voting process live on October 30 as per the ECIs direction Webcasting will be done in all the 1176 polling stations including 285 in Gossaigaon 213 in Bhabanipur 322 in Tamulpur 183 in Mariani and 173 in Thowra constituencies To motivate voters for exercising their franchise and strictly follow COVID-19 protocol in the polling stations an awareness campaign is being conducted under the ECIs Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation SVEEP programme In the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic ECI has taken precautionary measures to ensure that all polling stations strictly follow COVID-19 safety protocols for the safety of voters and election officials Each polling station will be sanitised a day ahead of polling The facility of thermal scanning hand sanitisers face masks will also be made available at the polling stations the release said A total of 796456 electors including 393078 women and four third-gender persons are eligible to exercise their franchise There are also 3165 service voters 8864 electors above 80 years of age and 4 998 fall under the People with Disability PwD category Tamulpur has the highest number of voters at 217432 while Thowra has the lowest number of voters at 115971 voters To ensure an inclusive election the option of postal ballot facility has been extended to senior citizens above the age of 80 years PwDs COVID-19 suspect or affected persons in addition to people employed in essential services Arrangements like transport facilities for elderly people assistance to PwDs and senior citizens have also been made at the polling stations For the convenience of opting for transportation by registering online a mobile app-Divyaang Sarathi Nirvachan – has been developed for the PwD voters A total of 5410 polling personnel will be engaged the release said PTI ESB MM MM
