Elections will be held on April 18 for two Assembly constituencies and Bargarh Lok Sabha seat of Jharsuguda district for which code of conduct has already been enforced.
In a Press meet on Monday, Jharsuguda Collector –cum- District Election Officer informed about election arrangements in the district. From Monday on wards, the posters on Government schemes with photo of State Ministers on the roads and buildings have been kept out while such paintings in walls and buildings have been wiped off with lime, he told.
There will be 253 polling booths in Jharsuguda and 257 in Brajrajnagar. With total voters of 421,106 in the district, in the coming general election Jharsuguda constituency will have 204,447 voters, including 10,6355 male and 98,071 female voters and 21 transgender voters. In case of Brajrajnagar constituency, out of total 216,659 voters, male voters are 10,9, 455 and female voters, 10,7,129.
There are 75 transgenders who will exercise their franchise.
To prevent violation of code of conduct, six district level squads, four squads in each block and 7 squads in the municipality area have been formed. In the coming election, toilets for both gents and ladies, rest rooms, facility of ramps for the differently abled voters, drinking water, and electricity connection in booths and wheel chairs in all booths are to be given as per Election Commission’s directives. Besides, there will be CCTV installations and web casting in 51 booths of the district.
Jharsuguda Project Director, DRDA Satyanarayan Das, Jharsuguda ADM Gyanranjan Bhanjdeo, Additional Collector (Election) Nibedita Pradhan, Additional Tahasildar Golak Bihari Mangaraj and District Information and Public Relations Officer Ajay Jena were present.