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Kottayam territory is acceptable for the Assembly elections connected April 9, with preparations present implicit crossed each 9 constituencies.
District Collector Chethan Kumar Meena said a full of 60 candidates are contesting crossed the constituencies. The territory has 15,05,985 registered voters, including 7,72,587 women, 7,33,385 men, and 13 transgender voters.
A full of 1,791 polling stations person been acceptable up, with the highest fig successful Poonjar (218) and the lowest successful Ettumanur (177). Over 8,600 predetermination officials person been deployed portion 56 micro observers volition show captious polling booths. Poonjar besides has the highest fig of voters astatine 1,84,122, portion the Kottayam constituency has the lowest astatine 1,48,745.
All booths are equipped with VVPAT machines, and real-time webcasting volition let the collectorate to show voting procedures. Ballot units and power units volition beryllium distributed connected April 8.
Each constituency features a pinkish booth tally wholly by women officials, portion the Velur Anganwadi booth successful Kottayam municipality is afloat disability-friendly. All polling stations volition run arsenic greenish booths, minimising integrative usage and providing discarded postulation bins.
Security measures
Extensive measures person been enactment successful spot to support instrumentality and bid and guarantee the information of polling. Under the supervision of 32 presumption location officers, 2 patrolling teams are active, portion radical patrols volition absorption connected polling booths. Striker forces nether DYSPs, on with further units straight overseen by the District Police Chief, person besides been deployed.
A full of 4,577 constabulary unit are connected work for predetermination security, coordinated by 1,717 peculiar officers nether 14 DYSPs, District Police Chief A. Shahul Hameed said.
After polling, voting machines volition beryllium transported to postulation centres. In 4 constituencies, counting volition instrumentality spot astatine the postulation centres themselves, portion successful the remaining five, machines volition beryllium moved to beardown rooms astatine the counting centres. Central Armed Police Forces and territory constabulary volition guarantee unafraid transfers connected April 9.
As of April 4, 15,702 voters person formed ballots from home, including 11,636 elder citizens supra 85 and 4,066 voters with disabilities. In addition, 1,549 indispensable work workers person voted via postal ballots.
