The Election Commission has taken all kinds of steps for peaceful voting in four Assembly Constituencies, stated Chief Election Officer Kiran Gitte at a press conference at the conference hall of the West Tripura District office on Wednesday.

The Chief Election Officer said, the voting process will start at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm. 22 candidates of different political parties are competing in this Bye-election. Among these candidates, 6 candidates are competing in 6-Agartala Assembly Constituency, 6 candidates are competing in 8-Town Bardowali Assembly Constituency, and 5 candidates are competing in 46-Surma (SC) Assembly Constituency and 5 candidates are competing in 57-Jubarajnagar Assembly Constituency.

Section 144 has been imposed already in four Assembly Constituencies to ensure a peaceful voting process. There is an arrangement for webcasting. All the necessary equipment has been installed for this. He also said that a helpline number has been started separately in every Assembly Constituency in case of any problem is faced by a voter while casting vote.

The Chief Election Officer informed that about 100% of voters of the state have been provided with their voter identity cards. More 40 thousand new voter identity cards and 30 thousand corrected voter identity cards have been distributed among the voters of the state in this January. Voters can also cast their votes using any of the 12 identity documents granted by the state or the central government.

The Chief Election Officer in the press conference informed that police personnel and central paramilitary forces have been deployed for the peaceful conduction of the Bye-election. Among them, 10 companies have been deployed for two constituencies in Agartala and more than 10 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed for Surma and Jubarajnagar assembly constituencies. Apart from that, 5 companies of TSR will also stay deployed for peaceful voting. It is to be noted that, out of 221 voting centers, 10 have been informed to be very sensitive, 59 have been informed to be sensitive, 4 have been informed to be risk full and 148 centers have been informed to be in normal condition by the police.

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