New Delhi: As Puducherry will go to polls on April 6, 34 firms of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been deployed within the Union Territory (UT).
Along with that, the Election Commission (EC) has additionally constituted 105 flying squads, 105 static surveillance teams, 26 rolling static surveillance teams, and 35 video surveillance teams to make sure the free and truthful execution of polling, reported information company ANI.
For the elections, as many as 1,558 polling stations, together with 952 essential and 606 auxiliary polling stations, have been arrange within the UT in 635 places.
In the run-up to the polls, Puducherry police have to date seized 5.40 crore rupees and liquor value greater than 68 lakh rupees, the EC stated.
To guarantee a secure election, the EC has restricted the variety of electors per polling station to 1,000. A complete of 30 constituencies throughout the UT are going to polls, through which 324 candidates are within the fray.
Purva Garg, District Collector, Puducherry on March 31 knowledgeable that polling will begin from 7 am and shall go on until 7 pm, with the final one hour devoted for COVID-19 constructive sufferers to solid their votes.
As far as individuals beneath residence isolation are involved, postal ballots have been organized for them, stated the district collector.
Elections in Puducherry, which is presently beneath President`s Rule, is especially between the Congress-DMK alliance and the NDA comprising All India NR Congress, AIADMK and BJP.
Polling for 30 meeting seats in Puducherry shall be held on April 6. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
Of the 30 meeting seats, 5 are reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates. A complete of 10,04,507 electors will train their franchise to resolve the destiny of 324 candidates throughout 30 constituencies in Puducherry.
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