Over 8 lakh voters would seal the fate of 28 candidates contesting for the post of Mayor of Raipur and 623 candidates trying their luck for the post of corporator from 70 wards of Raipur Municipal Corporation on Monday.
The district administration has made all the arrangements free, fair and peaceful polling which will start from 8am and conclude at 5pm, officials stated. The State election commission has deployed over 4000 Government officials/employees to conduct polls in Raipur. In Raipur city, as many as 820425 voters including 425191 male and 395234 female voters are listed with the election commission. The voters will exercise their franchisee at 885 polling booths established in Raipur.
The voter will have to show his/her Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to cast vote. The election commission has also approved 17 alternative identity cards including Passport, PAN Card, Aadhaar card, MGNREGA Job card and Driving license which can be used by voters to cast vote. The 70 wards of the city have been divided into 32 zones and 125 routes. Therefore, 61 buses, 46 mini buses and 32 jeeps have been pressed to ferry polling parties at their respective polling booths.
All the polling parties have been asked to present at booths by 6am as they will have to perform mock poll at 7am. As per the order, all the sector officers will travel around polling booths of the respective area to monitor polling and will replace EVMs, in case of any malfunctioning or technical problem. The sector officers will also maintain law & order in their area of jurisdiction.