Vulnerable booths up from 579 to 769 in Chennai
CHENNAI: The number of vulnerable polling stations has increased to 769 in Chennai district. Additional security has been deployed in the booths during the election, said district election officer and corporation commissioner
J Radhakrishnan on Tuesday during the randomisation for police officers meeting held at Ripon Building. The process for candidate setting will commence on Wednesday at 16
Assembly constituencies in the city.
“Earlier, as many as 579 polling stations were identified as vulnerable booths whereas now it has revised to 611 and 23 critical stations are identified in the three constituencies. Also, additional security is required in 135 booths in the city. So, these identified polling stations require micro observers for which first phase of randomisation was conducted. At least 963 officers are appointed for the same,” said Radhakrishnan.
He further added that a total of 4,500 senior citizens and differently abled registered for door-to-door ballot voting in the city on Monday. As many as 82 people have given their votes on the first day. After the door-todoor ballot voting is completed, the field staff will hand over the votes to the respective returning officers of the three constituencies. Also, the local body has distributed 11.59 lakh booth slips to the eligible voters and the officials are giving 3 lakh slips per day. Meanwhile, the process for candidate symbol fixing in EVMs will commence from Wednesday it will be done in front of the political parties in 16 places in the city. The returning officers of the three constituencies will be monitoring the same.
The process for candidate symbol fixing in EVMs will commence from today at 16 places