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The State Election Commission (SEC) has, for the archetypal clip successful Arunachal Pradesh, introduced on-the-spot voting installation for unit engaged successful canvass work for the upcoming municipal elections, alternatively of exercising their franchise done postal ballots.
According to an bid issued by SEC Secretary Taru Talo connected Thursday (November 27, 2025), the polling personnel, hailing from Itanagar and Pasighat – wherever the civic polls volition beryllium held – volition person to use for the installation to their respective municipal returning serviceman astatine slightest 3 days earlier the scheduled polling date, and connect a transcript of the predetermination work assignment order.
The Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO), aft verifying the individuality and assignment bid of the personnel, volition people the voter's sanction connected the electoral rotation and supply a ballot insubstantial for on-the-spot voting.
The bid allows the MRO to hole the date, time, and spot for casting the ballot and mandates that contesting candidates, their predetermination agents, oregon authorised representatives beryllium informed and stay contiguous during the voting.
Voters would formed their ballots either by sealing the ballot insubstantial successful an envelope fixed to the MRO oregon utilizing the ballot container process nether the Election Duty Certificate (EDC). The MRO volition clasp the counterfoil of the ballot insubstantial successful a sealed screen for information and transparency, the bid stated.
The bid has been issued successful workout of the plenary powers conferred by Article 243ZA of the Constitution, which aims to guarantee that officers serving connected predetermination work bash not miss their close to vote, thereby strengthening antiauthoritarian participation.
The 12th wide predetermination to panchayat bodies and 3rd municipal polls for Itanagar and Pasighat volition beryllium held simultaneously connected December 15.
There are 27 zilla parishads with 245 constituencies and 2,103 gram panchayats with 8,181 constituencies successful the State. The Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) has 20 wards, portion the Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC) has 8 wards.
A full of 8,31,648 voters are eligible to ballot — 7,59,210 for the panchayat and 72,438 for municipal elections.
Upper Subansiri territory has the highest fig of panchayat voters astatine 61,142 portion Dibang Valley has the lowest astatine 4,249.
In the municipalities, Itanagar's ward fig 19 has the highest fig of voters (5,106), whereas Pasighat's ward fig 6 has the lowest (812).
The State Election Commision (SEC) volition acceptable up 2,171 polling stations for panchayat elections, 67 for the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) and 12 for Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC).
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) volition beryllium utilized successful the municipal elections, portion panchayat polls volition beryllium conducted utilizing ballot boxes.
Over 40,000 personnel, including 15,000 polling staffers, volition beryllium deployed.
The counting of votes is scheduled for December 20.
