SIKKIM SET FOR ELECTION 2014

East officials on job to manage 207 polling stations

GANGTOK, 11 Apr [IPR]: The East District Administration is all set for the General Elections 2014. The Polling Parties for 207 polling Stations of East District have received the polling materials and have reached their respective polling stations.

Altogether 207 sets of polling material for Sikkim Parliamentary Constituency and Assembly Constituencies and 12 sets of Polling materials for Sangha constituency have been dispatched from the Tashi Namgyal Academy auditorium which is designated as Distribution Center of Polling Materials cum Counting Center of East District for General Elections 2014.

Along with this, 26 Reserve Machines for each Parliamentary Constituency and Assembly Constituency, and 4 Reserve Machine for Sangha Constituency has also been dispatched. All the Reserve Machines are with the Sector Magistrates of the respective Sectors.

All the Sub Divisional Magistrates are stationed at their respective jurisdiction to help police avert any law and order problem and ensure strict compliance of Model Code of Conduct as per the instructions of Election Commission of India.

One Additional District Magistrate is camping at Rangpo to strengthen the assistance and compliance. Proper police deployment has been done in all the critical polling stations and sensitive areas.

Web Casting in all 49 selected Polling Stations has been tested and working well. Two Polling Booths viz. Sun Pharma Guest House, Ranipool and While Memorial Hall, Zero Point, Gangtok have been declared Model Polling Booths as per the instructions of Election Commission of India.