Assembly Elections
The state will cast ballots today to choose a new forty-member House, marking the start of the Mizoram elections. Voting in this phase is expected to start at eight in the morning.
To keep onto power, the Mizo National Front (MNF), which is in charge of the state in the northeast, has launched a vigorous campaign. In addition, candidates from the Congress, BJP, and Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) have been submitted with the intention of opposing the current administration.
However, the BJP depends on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity, while Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel of Chhattisgarh acts as the major face of the Congress party during election campaigns. In the initial round, elections are scheduled for twenty constituencies.
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Twelve assembly segments, all in the Bastar region plagued by naxal, are part of this phase. An significant security deployment, comprising 60,000 security officers, has been implemented to ensure the seamless conduct of the polls. Of them, twenty percent are state police and forty percent are from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
Here are all the specifics of the Mizoram assembly elections:
There are expected to be 852,088 registered voters in Mizoram, 413,064 of whom are men and 439,028 of them are women. At 1,276 polling places, these people will use their right to vote, so deciding the fate of 174 candidates—27 of whom are independents and 16 of whom are female competitors. Notably, 8,490 senior persons over 80 and 50,611 first-time voters between the ages of 18 and 19 are present.
The Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) have stationed 50 companies throughout Mizoram to uphold law and order during the election. In order to protect the safety and integrity of the election process, increased security measures have been implemented for the 40 assembly seats that will be up for vote. The voting is set to take place between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm.
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Chhattisgarh polls
In the following regions—Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Pandariya, Kawardha, Khairagarh, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Dongargaon, Khujji, Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Bastar, Jagdalpur, Chitrakot, Dantewada, Bijapur, and Konta—voting is scheduled to occur for 20 assembly seats. It’s crucial to remember that voting is set for November 17 in 70 additional seats.
Voting times would vary in the naxal-affected area in order to speed up the process and reduce the possibility of unforeseen situations. Bastar, Jagdalpur, and Chitrakot will have polling from 8 am to 5 pm, while nine seats—Dantewada, Narayanpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Bijapur, and Konta—will have voting from 7 am to 3 pm.
In order to ensure the safety and efficient conduct of the electoral process, 149 polling stations have been constructed within security camps and police stations in the assembly constituencies of Bijapur, Narayanpur, Antagarh, Dantewada, and Konta.
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Polling places run by females
In order to optimize the involvement of women in the election process, the Election Commission has mandated that each Assembly seat include a minimum of one polling station that is solely run by women. There will be just female election workers, including police and security officers.
Booths for voter help
Every polling place has a voter assistance booth set up with a team of officials to help people find their polling place number and serial number in the relevant polling place’s electoral roll.
