The city electoral office claimed on Tuesday to have completed the preparations for parliamentary elections in Delhi, slated for April 10.
The chief electoral officer Vijay Dev requested the voters to practise their right of voting and told them to leave their mobile phones outside the polling booths.
Polling will be held at 11,763 polling stations in which 327 have been declared critical and 90 have been declared hyper critical. About 50,000 security personnel have been deployed for election duty. A total of 161 flying squads have been deployed, one for each police station in Delhi.
“The time of voting has been extended for two hours and it will be held from 7 AM to 6 PM on April 10,” Dev said.
For the first time in Delhi, people who do not have an Electoral Photo Identity Card can exercise their franchise if their names are registered in the electoral list.
Besides EPIC, 11 other photo identity documents including passport, driving license, service identity card issued by Central and state governments, PAN card, Aadhar card and Smart card issued by RGI under NPR can be used by the voters. Health insurance smart card issued by Ministry of Labour, MNREGA job card, pension document with photograph and authenticated photovoter slip issued by the election can also be used to establish the identity.
“In 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the overall voting percentage stood at 52.3 per cent, which increased to 66 per cent in the 2013 Delhi assembly election,” Dev said here in a press conference.
There are total 1.27 crore registered voters in Delhi out of which 3.37 lakh are first timers.
For the government employees on election duty, the panel has issued 43,383 election duty certificates so that they can cast their votes. About 25,897 postal ballots have been issued for police personnel 3,478 have been issued to civil servants on election duty for voting.
The poll panel has set up 88 check points at the entry and exit roads in bordering areas of Delhi.
So far 21 FIRs have been registered against BJP, 18 against AAP and 17 against the Congress party for violation of model code of conduct.
“Around 93 unlicensed firearms have been seized. Some 647 licensed firearms have been submitted to the police. More than Rs 43 lakh have been seized,” said Dev adding that the police have also seized a total of 25,776 litres of Indian and foreign made liquors.
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The chief electoral officer Vijay Dev requested the voters to practise their right of voting and told them to leave their mobile phones outside the polling booths.
Polling will be held at 11,763 polling stations in which 327 have been declared critical and 90 have been declared hyper critical. About 50,000 security personnel have been deployed for election duty. A total of 161 flying squads have been deployed, one for each police station in Delhi.
“The time of voting has been extended for two hours and it will be held from 7 AM to 6 PM on April 10,” Dev said.
For the first time in Delhi, people who do not have an Electoral Photo Identity Card can exercise their franchise if their names are registered in the electoral list.
Besides EPIC, 11 other photo identity documents including passport, driving license, service identity card issued by Central and state governments, PAN card, Aadhar card and Smart card issued by RGI under NPR can be used by the voters. Health insurance smart card issued by Ministry of Labour, MNREGA job card, pension document with photograph and authenticated photovoter slip issued by the election can also be used to establish the identity.
“In 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the overall voting percentage stood at 52.3 per cent, which increased to 66 per cent in the 2013 Delhi assembly election,” Dev said here in a press conference.
There are total 1.27 crore registered voters in Delhi out of which 3.37 lakh are first timers.
For the government employees on election duty, the panel has issued 43,383 election duty certificates so that they can cast their votes. About 25,897 postal ballots have been issued for police personnel 3,478 have been issued to civil servants on election duty for voting.
The poll panel has set up 88 check points at the entry and exit roads in bordering areas of Delhi.
So far 21 FIRs have been registered against BJP, 18 against AAP and 17 against the Congress party for violation of model code of conduct.
“Around 93 unlicensed firearms have been seized. Some 647 licensed firearms have been submitted to the police. More than Rs 43 lakh have been seized,” said Dev adding that the police have also seized a total of 25,776 litres of Indian and foreign made liquors.
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