With less than a month to go for Delhi Assembly elections, the notification for issuance of nominations for upcoming polls will begin from Wednesday. Candidates of different political parties can file their nominations from Wednesday for the poll which is scheduled to be held on February 7.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Tuesday convened a high-level meeting and briefed about the Model Code of Conduct. “The Model of Conduct has come into force and the poll officers have begun taking actions on illegal banners and posters around the city,” said a district poll officer.
“Video viewing teams, flying squad teams, static surveillance teams have been deployed to check the cases of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation,” District Election Officer (North) Madhu Tevtia said in a statement. To make the voters aware, a Facebook page has been created by the DEO and first-level of checking Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) is going on, Tevtia also said. With the declaration of poll dates, Election Commission today launched a crackdown on illegal hoardings and banners put up by political parties in all nine districts.
In South district, 603 hoardings and 55 banners of political parties were removed under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act 2007. “The notification for issuing nominations for the impending Delhi Assembly elections is January 14,” said Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Chandra Bhushan Kumar.
As per the electoral rolls published till January 5, the total number of voters in the city is estimated to be at 1,30,85,251 of which 72,60,633 are men and 58,24,618 are women voters.