GANGTOK, 22 Aug: The State Election Commission is all set and ready for the Panchayat Elections to be held in the State. “We are overall ready for holding the elections but are just waiting for the Reservation paper [Notification] to reach us”, informed Secretary, State Election Commission, Geeta Bhutia, while speaking to NOW! today.
After scrutiny the papers were sent to the State Government for finalization and after the Notification is passed by the Rural Management & Development Department [RM&DD], the dates for the Panchayat Elections to be held in the state will be declared, she added.
It could be around the month of October as there has to be a code of conduct declared a month before the elections, Ms Bhutia said and added that the present Panchayat will get dissolved in the month of November, so it has to be before that.
The segregation was done through the District Collectors of the four Districts and Ward wise electoral rolls had been taken out of each district. The necessary corrections that were needed to be done have been carried out and the names of voters that had to be shifted from one Ward to the other have also been done, the Secretary further informed.
There are 989 Wards and the same number of Zillas so the total number comes to 1,978, for which the same number of Electronic Voting Machines [EVMs] will be required and a few more to keep them at standby, if any of the EVMs go faulty or get spoiled during voting. The State Election Commission has 1,400 EVMs and another 1,200 EVMs have been borrowed from the State Election Department.
The first level of checking if the EVMs are working properly is over and now the EVMs will again be examined to see if there are any faulty machines or if any of the machines need to be replaced. The EVMs of the State Election Commission will be used for voting in the South and West Districts, while the EVMs of the State Election Department will be used for voting in the East and North Districts, the Secretary added.
After scrutiny the papers were sent to the State Government for finalization and after the Notification is passed by the Rural Management & Development Department [RM&DD], the dates for the Panchayat Elections to be held in the state will be declared, she added.
It could be around the month of October as there has to be a code of conduct declared a month before the elections, Ms Bhutia said and added that the present Panchayat will get dissolved in the month of November, so it has to be before that.
The segregation was done through the District Collectors of the four Districts and Ward wise electoral rolls had been taken out of each district. The necessary corrections that were needed to be done have been carried out and the names of voters that had to be shifted from one Ward to the other have also been done, the Secretary further informed.
There are 989 Wards and the same number of Zillas so the total number comes to 1,978, for which the same number of Electronic Voting Machines [EVMs] will be required and a few more to keep them at standby, if any of the EVMs go faulty or get spoiled during voting. The State Election Commission has 1,400 EVMs and another 1,200 EVMs have been borrowed from the State Election Department.
The first level of checking if the EVMs are working properly is over and now the EVMs will again be examined to see if there are any faulty machines or if any of the machines need to be replaced. The EVMs of the State Election Commission will be used for voting in the South and West Districts, while the EVMs of the State Election Department will be used for voting in the East and North Districts, the Secretary added.
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