ANANTNAG, JUNE 15: Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Shantmanu today visited Anantnag to take stock of the arrangements put in place for conduct of Bye-elections to Anantnag Assembly Constituency on June 22, 2016.
The CEO called for implementing the comprehensive plan for free, fair and transparent conduct of polls, saying that everything should go as per the guidelines and directions of Election Commission of India.
The meeting was informed that 102 polling stations have been setup at 61 designated locations across the constituency. He said that 15 polling stations have been proposed to be setup as model polling stations with extra facilities. The webcasting of 20 polling stations and videography of 10 polling station would also be done.
The Meeting was informed that there are 85608 registered voters in the Constituency. As many as 114 postal ballots have been dispatched, of which 40 postal ballots to migrants at Udhampur and Jammu, 10 at Delhi, 57 to service voters and 7 to detainees and under trials.
It was given out in the meeting that 2017 employees were imparted initial training, while the services of only 408 would be required for elections. Adequate number of EVMs have already been put in order, the meeting was told.
