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Itanagar, Mar 16: The Election Commission has announced the date for Assembly polls of Arunachal Pradesh which will be held concurrently with Lok Sabha elections.
Arunachal Pradesh will go to polls on 19 April 2024 for its 60 assembly seats in the state along with the first phase of the general elections 2024.
The 'Model Code of Conduct' comes into force in the State with the date of announcement of election. All Government machinery should strictly follow the Model Code of Conduct. Prevention of Defacement of Public Property Act/Rules will be mandatorily imposed by all Deputy Commissioners, the CEO said in a statement.
In the 2019 assembly elections, BJP won 41 out of 60 seats and formed government in the state. With their “double engine” slogan, the party will be eyeing a second term in the state in 2024.
BJP has already declared all 60 names for the assembly constituencies in the state. While they have dropped three ministers from the list, chief minister Pema Khandu will be contesting from Mukto constituency, which he represented in the last term as well.
Total electors in the State as on January 5 this year, is 8,82,816 with 4,33,760 males and 4,49,050 females. Photo Electoral Roll coverage is 100% and Electoral Photo Identity Card coverage is 100%. There will be 2,226 Polling Stations spread over the entire State. Polling Station No. 2-Pumao Primary School under 59-Longding (ST) Assembly Constituency with 1462 voters has the highest number of electors in the State. The Polling Station with least number of electors is Malogam Temporary Structure in Malogam Village under 45-Hayuliang (ST) Assembly Constituency with 1 (One) Female Voter. Polling Station Number 18-Luguthang under 3-Mukto (ST) Assembly Constituency is the highest Polling Station located at an altitude of about 13,383 ft.
All necessary arrangements to conduct the elections have already been completed in the State. Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) will be used in all the polling stations. Extensive awareness programme about use of EVM & VVPAT have been conducted in the Districts covering all accessible Polling Stations including many footmarch locations. For service voters, electronically transmitted postal ballots system (ETPBS) will be used to facilitate hassle free voting.
First Level Checking of EVMs have been completed in the entire State in presence of representatives of National & State Recognized Political Parties over the course of past many months. For poll day monitoring of the poll process in the State, webcasting and Enabling Communications on Real-time Environment (ENCORE) will be used and vehicles carrying reserve EVMs will be fitted with GPS in all cellular network covered areas.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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