Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh Subrat Sahoo said all the preparation for the bye-poll has been completed and adequate security arrangement has been made for free and fair elections.
Election Commission of India on Sunday announced the date for bye-poll in insurgency-riddled Dantewada Assembly seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe. The polling will be held on September 23 and counting on September 27.
Briefing the media on Monday, Sahoo said election model code of conduct has been made effective in Dantewada state assembly constituency covering districts of Dantewada and Narayanpur.
The total electors as per the final publication of electoral roll is 1,88,263 out of which 89,747 are male voters and 98,876 are female voters. There is no third gender voter in the constituency.
The assembly constituency has a total of 273 polling centres. Around 5 Pink Booths (Women polling centres) will be established. The constituency has 256 service voters and will be issued Electronic Transfer of Postal Ballot.
During State Assembly general election 2013 the percentage of voting was 62.03% but it was only 60.67% in 2018. So, to create awareness among the electors, Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme have been undertaken.
The district administrations of Dantewada and Narayanpur have been asked to pull down all the hoardings and publicity materials installed through government funding.
Restrictions have also been imposed on official visits of ministers and use of government vehicles.
The voter’s identification has been made mandatory and Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) shall be the main document while other documents as per the past practice will be utilized.
With schedule announced, C-Vigil has been activated for districts of Dantewada and Narayanpur. The citizens can register violation of election model code of conduct through C-VIGIL Citizen App.