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In all, 33711 polling stations are getting acceptable for the two-phased section assemblage elections successful Kerala scheduled for December 9 and 11.
The State Election Commission (SEC) has issued elaborate guidelines with respect to the facilities required successful the polling stations.
In three-tier panchayats, determination volition beryllium 28,127 polling stations, portion the municipalities and Corporations volition person 3,569 and 2,015 stations respectively.
The district-wise breakup of polling stations are arsenic follows: Kasaragod (1,370), Kannur (2,305), Wayanad (828), Kozhikode (3,097), Malappuram (4,343), Palakkad (3,054), Thrissur (3,282), Ernakulam (3,021), Idukki (1,192), Kottayam (1,925), Alappuzha (2,085), Pathanamthitta (1,225), Kollam (2,720), and Thiruvananthapuram (3,264).
All polling stations and activities related to the elections volition adhere to the greenish protocol. Secretaries of the section bodies person been asked to enactment successful spot measures for the collection, segregation, and disposal of wastes connected polling day. Wherever needed, the services of the Haritha Karma Sena volition beryllium made usage of.
Chosen buildings
Election officials person been directed to guarantee that each buildings chosen for the polling stations person energy and h2o supply, furnishings and toilets. Voters should besides beryllium provided benches and chairs portion they hold for their turn. Voters with ocular impairment, otherwise abled voters and the aged volition beryllium permitted to formed their ballot without waiting successful queues.
Postal ballots volition beryllium issued lone to officials connected predetermination duty, the SEC said connected Wednesday. The Kerala Panchayat Raj Act and the Kerala Municipalities Act bash not person provisions for issuing postal ballots to immoderate different conception different than the predetermination officials, the Commission said.
