Over 2,700 polling booths will be monitored through webcasting and CCTV cameras on the day of voting i.e. April 29. Live streaming of webcasting will be done in each district headquarters and from the control room located at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh, said CEO VL Kanta Rao on Sunday.
GPS devices have been installed in over 5 thousand 800 vehicles of polling teams involved in transporting electronic voting machines and sector magistrates so that constant monitoring could be done. Besides polling teams, 1,447 sector magistrates will be on duty at the polling booths, which will inform about the polling percentage and keep an eye on the law and order situation.
Total 108 candidates are in poll fray in 6 parliamentary constituencies of the state namely Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara under the 4th phase of the Lok Sabha Election-2019.
Out of this, there are 26 candidates in Sidhi, 13 in Shahdol, 22 in Jabalpur, 10 in Mandla, 23 in Balaghat and 14 in Chhindwara parliamentary constituency. Voting under the 4 th phase will be held in the state on April 29.
On the same day, votes will be casted for the Chhindwara Assembly By- Election.
Total 9 candidates are in fray for the assembly by-election.
A total of 47 assembly constituencies falls under the 6 parliamentary constituencies of the state, going for polling under the first phase of the Lok Sabha Election-2019. This include 8 assembly constituencies each in Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla and Balaghat and 7 assembly constituencies in Chhindwara parliamentary constituency.
The 24 344 ballot units, 16209 control units and 16882 VVPAT will be used in 13 district of 6 parliamentary constituencies for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election-2019 and in one assembly constituency Chhindwara for the by-election on the day of voting ie April 29.
Two ballot units each in parliamentary constituencies Balaghat, Sidhi and Jabalpur will be used owing to more than 15 and less than 31 candidates. A total of 59,709 election workers have been appointed on 13,491 polling booths for the first phase.