KOHIMA: All preparations have been made for the graceful conduct of elections to the lone Lok Sabha in Nagaland the place over 13.25 lakh voters on Friday will resolve the destiny of three candidates within the fray. Congress nominee S Supongmeren Jamir, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) candidate Chumben Murry and Independent Hayithung Tungoe Lotha are contesting the elections.
BJP President J P Nadda, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Deputy Chief Ministers T R Zeliang and Y Patton addressed a number of rallies in help of their candidate. Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Randeep Singh Surjewala together with different AICC leaders have campaigned for Congress candidate Jamir.
Polling will begin at 7 am and can finish at 4 pm, an official stated.
A complete of 13,25,383 electorates can be eligible to train their franchise, together with greater than 19,999 first-time voters, 22,140 senior residents above 85 years and 6,707 folks with disabilities, the official stated. Nagaland has extra feminine electors at 6,64,460 voters as towards 6,60,923 male voters, he stated.
Altogether 180 polling events for the two,342 polling stations have left for his or her polling cubicles, officers stated. Of the full 2,342 polling cubicles, 588 polling stations have been marked as essential and weak, they stated. There are 506 all-women polling stations whereas 4 cubicles can be managed by individuals with disabilities.
An official stated 1,097 polling stations could have webcasting facility and 82 can be below offline videography. Besides 48 corporations of CAPF, one other 50 corporations of the state police, Indian Reserve Battalions, Special Task Force and 600 Home Guards personnel and Village guards can be deployed through the polling train, a senior police officer stated.
Officials stated that whereas the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) has declared abstention from voting, polling events have been dispatched for the 738 polling stations within the six districts – Mon, Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire, Shamator and Noklak – of the realm. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, NDPP’s Tokheho Yepthomi had defeated Congress candidate Okay L Chishi by 13,000 votes.
