The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started preparations for 2019 general elections. The EC is carrying out preparations for conducting forthcoming elections as per meticulously chalked out schedule.
As the EC conducts the election for world’s largest democracy, the election commission staff cascades into a Pan-India organization co-opting nearly 11 million persons at state-level. The entire exercise entails ensuring nearly 11 million personnel at state level, training of polling personnel and observers, ensuring polling infrastructure personnel and machines across length and breadth of the country. Also EC carries out necessary training introducing IT solutions to emerging needs, enforcing model code of conducts, interalia handling abuse of money power and freebies in elections as also the menace of paid/sponsored news.
As per EC statistics, nearly 88 crore voters will exercise its franchise in more than 10 lakh polling stations spread over 4120 assembly constituencies and around 8200 candidates will be in the fray. Sources said that in the election more than 22 lakh ballot units, more than 16 lakh control units and more than 17 lakh voter verifiable paper audit trail machines will be used in the election.
Transportation of polling personnel on duty and equipment through road, rail and even airlifting wherever necessary because of terrain, even thousands of companies of the Central Armed Police Forces will be deployed along with coordination with all relevant departments.