With the Election Commission announcing dates for the lohardaga bypoll on Friday, deputy commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri on Saturday said that the election will be conducted peacefully and impartially in the Assembly constituency.
“The date of issue of gazette notification is November 19 & the last date of nomination is November 26. likewise, date for scrutiny of nomination is November 27 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is November 30. Polling date is December 14 and date of vote counting is December 17. The counting would be completed before November 19, 2015. The model code of conduct has been come into effect with declaration of the date of polling,” he said. Bhajantri added, “There are 2,19,595 voters in the constituency that included 1,13,427 male and 10,61,68 women voters.
There are 272 polling booths those included 137 most sensitive, 73 sensitive, and 62 general booths. There are 32 clusters and 81 sectors. The number of polling employees is 1,200. This time the most sensitive and sensitive booths can be changed from security point of view.”
Peshrar block has 6 polling centres and 10,263 voters; Kisko block 41 polling centres and 33,945 voters; Kuru block 69 polling centres and 54,513 voters, in Kairo block 33 polling centres and 24,950 voters.