Lok Sabha elections 2024: Over 1,000 polling stations marked as ‘vulnerable critical’ in Manipur
Manipur Election Board chief Pradeep Kumar Jha said the Lok Sabha elections in the restive northeastern state will be held in two phases from April 19.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: More than 1,000 polling stations Manipur have been identified as “vulnerable critical”, prior to the Lok Sabha polls The election commission announced this on Saturday.
At a press conference in the capital Imphal, Manipur’s chief electoral officer Pradeep Kumar Jha said 1,058 of the 2,955 polling stations in the restive northeastern state have been marked as ‘vulnerable critical’ and steps have been taken to ensure free and fair elections at these polling stations to ensure. cabins
“Trained officials have visited polling stations to identify vulnerable locations. A total of 1,058 polling stations have been identified as vulnerable and critical,” Jha told reporters, adding: “Steps have been taken to identify history makers, troublemakers and persons who could cause trouble.”
The state election chief said the Lok Sabha elections in Manipur will be held in two phases starting from April 19.
“The first phase of polling on April 19 will cover 47 assembly segments, while the second phase on April 26 will have 13 assembly segments. The last date for filing nominations is March 27,” he said.
Jha informed that the state has a total of 10,47,929 female and 9,80,855 male voters, besides 239 transgender voters.
To monitor election expenditure, 197 flying squads, 194 static surveillance teams, 92 video surveillance teams, 60 video viewing teams and 60 accounting teams have been constituted.
Speaking about the ‘vulnerable’ polling stations, Jha said voting at these polling booths will be web-broadcast and video-recorded to ensure free and fair elections in the state.
“These critical and vulnerable polling stations will be brought under webcasting/videography” along with deployment of micro observers and additional deployment of CAPFs,” he said.
Lok Sabha polls announced
The Election Commission of India today announced the dates for the Lok Sabha and four state assembly elections.
The general elections to 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday.
The counting will take place on June 4 and the results will be announced on the same day.
Nearly 97 crore voters will be eligible to vote for 543 Lok Sabha constituencies across the country. With the announcement of dates, the moral code of conduct comes into effect immediately.
(With input from agencies)