In order to complete lok Sabha election-2014 peacefully, the Election Commission of India’s appointed observers KC Gupta and JC Ramthaga presided over a meeting with representatives and candidates of various political parties and independent candidates on Tuesday.
The Observers appealed to the candidates to send their representatives to polling booths by 6 am on Wednesday so that presiding officers can conduct mock polls before the start of polling.
As per ECI’s guidelines, candidates can set their stalls beyond 200 metres radius of the polling booth. They are allowed to keep one table , two chairs and a party banner.
The booth level officers have been deployed at each polling booth and they would procure mobile numbers of Returning Officer, Assistant Returning Officer, police sector officer, sector magistrate and district election control room. Through these mobile numbers, BlOs would get in touch with officers if they face any inconvenience at polling centres.
Dehradun Election Officer and Returning Officer for Tehri lok Sabha seat, Dr BVRC Purushottam said that micro observers have been deployed at sensitive and ultra sensitive polling centres as per ECI’s guidelines. 81 micro observers have been deployed in Chakrata assembly constituency, 30 in Vikasnagar, 25 in Sahaspur, 31 in Raipur, 27 in Rajpur Road, 10 in Dehradun Cantt, 16 in Mussoorie, 24 in Doiwala and 10 in Rishikesh.
Assistant Returning Officers and zonal magistrates would carry extra electronic voting machines to replace any EVM reported to be dysfunctional. Zonal magistrates and AROs were directed to inform the control room about starting of polling and polling percentage after every two hours, he added.