Nagaland polls: All-women teams to manage 36 polling stations in Dimapur

Dimapur: DC informed that sufficient paramilitary forces have arrived in the Dimapur district to conduct peaceful, free, and fair elections

BY | Sunday, 26 February, 2023
Dispatch of polling personnel for election duty in Dimapur on 26 February 2023. (Credit: @ceonagaland)

36 polling stations under Dimapur district will be managed by all women teams starting from magistrate to 4th-grade staff on Monday as Nagaland votes for the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Dimapur, Sachin Jaiswal, IAS, informed.

The DC & DEO also disclosed that a total of 860 polling officials have been assigned for election duties and 258 extra polling officials have been kept as an extra reserve if the need arises.

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A model voter-friendly polling station with all assured minimum facilities has also been set up at Burma camp and Phaipijung, Jaiswal stated.

Further, he informed that sufficient paramilitary forces have arrived in the Dimapur district to conduct peaceful, free, and fair elections.

He further appealed to the voters to come and participate in the election process while ensuring one man one vote and to celebrate the festival of democracy.

In Dimapur district, a total of 1,20,864 electorates representing three Assembly Constituencies will go to poll spread across 172 Polling Stations.

Dimapur-I has a total of 24943 electorates (Male 12793, Female 12150); Dimapur-II has a total of 58292 voters (Male 28882, Female 29410); and Dimapur-III has a total of 37629 voters (Male 18633, Female 18996).

Meanwhile, the process for the dispatch of polling officials with election materials at various locations commenced on 26 February 2023.

On Saturday, DC Jaiswal, IAS held a meeting with all the political parties where he highlighted the guidelines and do’s and don’ts and appealed to all the political parties to restrain from any activities which will hamper the free, fair, smooth, and peaceful Election.

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