Chennai, Feb 26 (BPNS)
The District election officer and Erode district collector, M. Krishnanunni said that all arrangements are complete for the conduct of free and fair by-elections in Erode East assembly on Monday.
The election will commence from 7 am in the morning and will end at 6 pm. 2,26, 898 voters are eligible to cast their franchise in the election.
A total of 77 candidates are in the fray with the AIADMK leader and former MLA, K.S. Thenarasu taking on Congress leader EVKS Elangovan who is contesting as the DMK led front candidate. Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate ,S. Anand and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) candidate, Menaka Navaneethan are the other two prominent candidates.
286 presiding officers, 858 polling officers and 62 additional officers will be on duty for the February 27 poll. A mock polling will be held at 5.30 am in the morning in presence of the election agents of all the political parties.
Each booth will have five ballot units as 77 candidates are contesting the polls. One VVPAT and one control unit will also be present in each booth.
286 micro observers will be monitoring the polls and it will be webcast.
The District Collector Krishnanunni said that 796 complaints were received in respect of violation of model code of conduct and cases had been filed after conducting inquiries.
The district collector who is also the district election officer said that multiple layer of checking will be in the booth and the Absentee, Shift and Dead (ASD) voters list would be maintained by the presiding officer to prevent bogus voting.
The EVMs after polling will be taken to the counting centre at Government Engineering College at Chithode and kept in the strong rooms and sealed. The counting will take place on March 2.
A heavy police contingent will be guarding the strong rooms till the counting day.
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