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Thursday, November 1, 2012

EVMs sealed for panchayat polls in North Sikkim


MANGAN, 31 Oct: EVM sealing process and signature tagging of contested candidates on EVM sets was completed today in the presence of Panchayat poll Returning Officer, TW Khangserpa and Additional RO, P Verma, PW Lepcha and CG Bhutia and election department staff at the Zilla Panchayat Bhawan, Mangan, North Sikkim.
Total number of EVMs prepared is 70, out of which, 63 will be sent to all the polling stations for Zilla(T/C) and Ward panchayat elections and remaining 7 EVMs have been prepared as back up in case any machine faces technical problems.
There are 2 EVMs for ward panchayat election in Lachen-Mangan. In Kabi-Lungchok, 35 EVMs have been prepared, 19 for Zilla(T/C) and 16 for Ward panchayat while in Dzongu constituency, there is a total of 26 EVMs, 16 for Zilla(T/C) and 10 for Ward panchayat.
The total number 0f polling stations in North Sikkim will be 45, out of which 3 polling stations, Pakshep, Hee-Gyathang and Phensong are some of the sensitive wards.

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