All arrangements in place for free and fair elections in Bagalkot

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Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Sangappa, among different   officers, addressing reporters successful  Bagalkot connected  Monday.

Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Sangappa, among different officers, addressing reporters successful Bagalkot connected Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Around 2.6 lakh voters volition formed their ballot successful the Bagalkot bypolls connected April 9. They see 1,32,775 women and 1,26,999 men. There are 5,776 much women than men eligible to take their representative.

Officers person made each preparations to clasp escaped and just elections, Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Sangappa told reporters successful Bagalkot connected Monday.

“A full of 2,59,797 voters, 1,26,999 antheral and 1,32,775 pistillate voters and 23 others, volition ballot successful the byelections. There are 385 work voters, 170 postal ballots and 90 persons with disablement voters,” helium said.

Officers person acceptable up 322 polling booths crossed the constituency that encompasses Bagalkot metropolis and immoderate villages surrounding it.

Two pinkish booths for women and 1 each for younker and persons with disablement and theme-based polling booths person been acceptable up to summation elector participation.

Each booth volition person 1 presiding serviceman and 3 polling officers.

As galore arsenic 1,564 unit person been appointed. Apart from this, micro observers and equipped forces from the Police Department person been assigned to polling booths arsenic per requirement.

Webcasting arrangements person besides been made astatine each the 322 polling booths.

A mustering centre has been acceptable up astatine the Government First Grade College successful Sector No 43 successful Navanagar successful Bagalkot.

Since the implementation of the exemplary codification of conduct, officers person recovered ₹94.03 lakh successful cash, saris worthy ₹1.20 lakh and 9 vehicles.

As galore arsenic 21 cases person been registered. Excise officers person seized 14,637.01 litres of liquor worthy ₹39.73 lakh, portion the constabulary person seized 194.36 liters of liquor.

A regularisation curbing nationalist luncheon oregon events is being implemented starting Monday. There volition beryllium nary nationalist campaigning from Tuesday.

Once the run play ends, governmental officials, enactment workers and others who are not voters of this constituency indispensable leave. Only 5 radical volition beryllium allowed to spell connected door-to-door campaigning during the scheduled period.

He said that merchantability of liquor wrong a radius of 10 km astir Bagalkot constituency volition beryllium wholly stopped from 6 p.m. connected Tuesday to midnight connected Thursday.

Broadcasting of election-related matters connected physics media is prohibited 48 hours earlier the extremity of the play fixed for voting arsenic per Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act 1951.

Candidates, organizations oregon immoderate idiosyncratic who program to people predetermination advertisements successful newspapers connected Wednesday and Thursday should mandatorily get anterior support from the designated district-level committee.

Violation volition effect successful imprisonment which whitethorn widen to 2 years oregon good and punishment. Television channels, radio, cablegram web and each integer media person been banned from publishing, discussing oregon analyzing sentiment canvass results for a play of 48 hours earlier polling.

On the evening of Thursday, the polling day, fairs person been banned crossed the district. Campaigning has been banned wrong the polling booth oregon wrong 100 m of the polling booth.

Anyone different than officers connected work person been banned from utilizing cellular phones and cordless phones. Campaign-related banners, loudspeakers, megaphones and candidates volition not beryllium allowed to usage vehicles and physique booths.

Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Shashidhar Kurer, Superintendent of Police Siddharth Goel, Excise Deputy Commissioner Thippeswamy D.N. and Additional Deputy Commissioner Ashok Teli were present.

Published - April 06, 2026 07:33 p.m. IST

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