All the preparations for Doiwala Assembly bypolls slated to be held on July 21, have been completed on Saturday. A total of 148 polling centres have been made for conducting free and fair Assembly by-polls in the Doiwala Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Out of the 148 polling centres, 35 have been identified as sensitive and 21 as ultra-sensitive. Around 1.20 lakh voters would exercise their vote in the Doiwala Assembly by-polls on July 21, said Dehradun district magistrate and district election officer Chandresh Kumar Yadav while interacting with media persons on Saturday.
The election officer said that poll bound areas have been divided into three zones and 13 sectors. A total of 21 polling booths have been identified as ultra-sensitive and 35 as sensitive in the constituency. One zonal and three sector magistrates have been kept as reserve for this election.
Each zonal magistrate will be provided two Electronic Voting Machines while one EVM to sector magistrates for completion of this election. EVM master trainer will be deployed in each sector and Micro observer will be deployed at each ultra-sensitive polling centre.
Election Commission observer Om Prakash Bakoria and DEO Yadav inspected the Ranger’s College and polling parties comprised of presiding officer, polling officer, policemen) were given election related materials on Saturday.
Yadav said that after procuring the EVM from ITI, Doiwala on Sunday, the parties would depart for their assigned polling centres to conduct Assembly by-polls on Monday. The polling parties have been directed to deposit their EVMs at strong room, ITI Doiwlala where CCTV cameras has been installed.
He said that July 21 being a polling day has been declared as public holiday and all Government and private institutions will remain closed. All the liquor shops will be closed from Saturday evening (6 pm) to July 22 (10 am) in the poll bound areas.
Yadav said that around 1.20 lakh voters including 66, 668 male and 61, 288 female would exercise their vote in Doiwala assembly by-polls. 1,093 service voters including 773 male and 320 female who have been exempted from election duty would also exercise their vote.
He further said that due to ongoing Ramzan, Government employees belonging to Muslim community will not be deputed on duty of counting votes slated to be held on July 25.
The counting of votes will begin at 8 am on July 25 and 15 tables will be installed for completing counting of votes peacefully. A total of 74 Government employees who have deputed for counting of votes were given training on Saturday at Town Hall, Municipal Corporation in Dehradun.
Out of 47,26 were deployed as vote counting micro observers, 24 vote counting supervisors and 24 vote counting assistants.
During training programme, one micro observer, four supervisors and four vote counting assistants were found absent and they were severed notice by the election officer. Moreover, Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Rautela said that assembly by-polls will be held amid tight security at each polling centre. Additional force will be deployed at ultra sensitive and sensitive polling centres in the constituency, he added.