Guwahati: Assam’s Kamrup district, encompassing the state’s Guwahati and Barpeta Lok Sabha constituencies, which will go to Lok Sabha polls on May 7, has 19 all-women polling stations.
The district has 19 all-women polling stations, one youth-managed polling station, four model polling stations and one Persons with Disabilities (PwD)-managed polling station, said an official.
The district will see a total of 8,38,493 voters exercise their franchise across 965 polling stations with as many as 14,887 new voters registered this time.
Out of the 965 polling stations, the Chamaria Assembly constituency has 247 polling stations, Boko-Chaygaon (232) and Palashbari (262) under the Guwahati parliamentary constituency, and the Hajo-Sualkuchi Assembly constituency has 224 polling stations under the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.
While the polling parties for 16 remote polling stations will depart today (May 5), others will leave on Monday (May 6) for the remaining 949 polling stations.
Kamrup District Commissioner (DC) and District Election Officer (DEO), Keerthi Jalli, has assured that all necessary arrangements have been made to conduct the elections smoothly.
To ensure a seamless and peaceful polling process, the district administration has appointed as many as 4,468 polling personnel.
Adequate security arrangements have been made to maintain law and order and ensure integrity of the electoral process. The district administration has appealed to the voters not to carry their mobile phones inside the polling stations.
The DC has appealed to the voters to turn up early in the day and not to wait till evening. Notably, as many as 214 elderly and 21 PwD voters have already cast their votes through the home voting system.
The district administration has declared “dry days” for a period of 48 hours starting from 5 pm on May 5 to 5 pm on May 7.
During this period, sale and possession of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), country liquor and all kinds of intoxicants has been strictly prohibited.
Moreover, the district administration has also declared a “dry day” on the day of counting of votes on June 4, including the day of repoll, if any.