nDistrict Electoral Officer, Bastar has completed all the process for Chitrakot by-poll. The polling is scheduled on October 21 from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm.
As per the schedule, all the polling teams will depart for respective polling booths from October 20, at 6.30 am from Polytechnic College, Dharampura. For the 16 polling booths falling under Sukma district, polling materials will be distributed from Jagdalpur. The election campaign had already ended at 5.00 pm on Saturday. The candidates are involved in door-to-door campaign.
Chitrakot assembly constituency has 229 polling booths out of which 213 are in Bastar district and 16 are in Sukma district.
A total of 916 polling personnel have been deployed. In 58 sensitive polling booths micro-observers have been deputed. 70 have been classified as highly sensitive, 93 as sensitive, 28 has politically sensitive and 38 are general polling centres. Five sensitive polling centres have been shifted due to remoteness and high sensitivity. They are Bodeli primary school Aerpund Number 2, Sulenga Primary School Satspur No. 2, Korangali Primary School Birgali No 2, Kudumkhodra Boys Ashram Building Bispur Number 2 and Kalepal Boys Ashram Building Bispur Number 3.
As per information 8 model polling centres and five ‘Sangwari’ (all women) centres have been made. Webcasting will be done from 22 polling centres. Sale, storage and transportation of liquor have been banned for next 48 hours from Saturday till the end of polling.