Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) for civic body polls in Cachar

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SILCHAR: Along with the rest of the State, Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used during the Municipal elections in Cachar, stated Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli on Wednesday. After the polls, the EVM machines from Lakhipur and Sonai will be brought to Silchar and counting of votes will take place at any specific place in Silchar. Tuesday was the last day for submission of nomination. As of 3pm on 15 February, a total of 35 candidates had filed nominations in 11 wards of Sonai and 28 candidates had filed nominations for 10 wards of Lakhipur. Of these, only one candidate has filed nomination in Ward No. 8 of Sonai, but there too, election will take place as there is the option of NOTA.

DC Jalli further stated that nomination papers will be scrutinized till February 17. Candidates whose names will feature in the valid list may withdraw their names till 3 pm on February 20. After this the final list of candidates will be published. Complete security measures have been put in place and several steps are being taken to make the voters aware. They further informed that unlike the Assembly elections, there will be no special polling station or women's polling station this time. The counting of votes will take place in Silchar. But the exact location has not yet been ascertained. Additional security measures will be put in place as there were several unpleasant incidents in the Sonai constituency during the last Assembly elections.

DC Jalli informed that there will be 15 polling stations under Sonai Municipality, which may increase depending on the number of voters. The number of voters is 14,580, of which 7,336 are male and 7,245 are female. The number of voters in Lakhipur are 9,791, of which 4,885 are male, 4,906 are female and 12 are specially abled voters.

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