All arrangements made for Nagaland Lok Sabha bypoll: CEO

Press Trust of India  |  Kohima 

All arrangements have been made for the peaceful conduct of the bypoll to the lone seat in tomorrow, said.

The counting of votes will take place on May 31.

Out of the 2196 polling stations, 260 are declared as "critical" and 211 as "vulnerable", Sinha said.

Voting in 1855 polling stations will start at 7 am and end at 4 pm while in 309 booths it was end an hour ahead, he said, adding that 253 polling stations would have all women polling teams while two polling booths in district would be manned by only differently abled polling personnel.

The said that 225 polling stations would have live web screening and 257 off-line videography.

He said that 3196 EVMs and 3075 VVPAT machines had been dispatched for all the polling stations.

A total of 40 companies of Central Armed Police Forces along with 80 companies of the Armed Police, 770 home guards and 2600 village guards have been deployed for the bypoll, he said.

Returning M Patton said that during campaigning, various forces had seized Rs 84,000 and 8829 litres of liquor.

The by-poll is a straight contest between ruling Peoples candidate and opposition NPF nominee C Apok Jamir.

The bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of from the to contest the Assembly election in February. Rio is presently the

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First Published: Sun, May 27 2018. 12:10 IST