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All arrangements are successful spot for the April 9 elections to the State Legislative Assembly, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar has said. Open campaigning ended astatine 6 p.m. connected Tuesday, starting a 48-hour soundlessness period.
Polling volition unfastened astatine 7 a.m. and extremity astatine 6 p.m. connected Thursday. In total, Kerala has 883 candidates contesting successful 140 constituencies.
The State has a full electorate of 2,71,42,952, including 1,39,21,868 pistillate voters, 1,32,20,811 antheral voters and 273 3rd sex voters. There are 2,42,093 overseas electors and 53,984 work voters this time.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has added 24 auxiliary polling stations, which takes the full fig of polling stations to 30,495. The auxiliary stations person been opened to accommodate excess voters arsenic the elector colonisation per booth has been constricted to 1,200, Mr. Kelkar said. The auxiliary stations person been opened successful Kasaragod (5), Kannur (6), Malappuram (7) and Palakkad (6). Earlier, the EC had decided to bash distant with the conception of auxiliary stations.
Considering the summertime temperatures, the polling stations volition person drinking h2o an seats for the voters. Mobile phones volition not beryllium allowed wrong the stations. Voters indispensable permission their mobile phones astatine counters specially arranged for the purpose.
Ninety-eight per cent of the voters aged 85 and supra who had applied for location voting person formed their vote, Mr. Kelkar said.
The EC has identified 2,040 captious polling stations successful the State. A full of 74,000 constabulary unit including 160 companies of Central Armed Police Force person been deployed crossed the State arsenic portion of the information arrangements.
EC has banned exit polls from April 9 to April 29.
Apart from the Voters ID (EPIC) card, voters tin nutrient immoderate of the pursuing documents to vote: Aadhaar Card, MGNREGA Job Card, Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office, Health Insurance Smart Card issued nether the strategy of Ministry of Labour/Ayushman Bharat Health Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Smart Card issued by RGI nether NPR, Passport, Pension papers with photograph, Service individuality cards with photograph issued to employees by Central and State government, PSUs, Official individuality cards issued to MPs and MLAs.
So far, the constabulary person registered 180 FIRs during the predetermination season. In all, 9.11 lakh violations person been reported successful transportation with the Model Code of Conduct.
