<p>As many as 1,168 polling booths will be set up in the five Assembly constituencies of the district and a total of 8,67,945 voters will exercise their franchise, said Deputy Commissioner N Manjula. Chintamani Assembly constituency has the highest number of polling booths - 244. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, she asked the polling officers to ensure free and fair election. <br /><br />Voter identity cards have already been issued in the five Assembly constituencies and series of programmes are being organised to create awareness among the voters to exercise their franchise. <br /><br />Clearing confusion<br /><br />“We are making honest efforts to clear any kind of confusion with regard to names in the voters’ list. We are considering the complaints submitted by the voters,” she added. <br /><br />Various squads have been formed to check any malpractices and poll code violation. The officers will keep an eye on poll expenditures of the candidates, she said. <br /><br />Publicity materials to be used by the parties and candidates will be strictly monitored by the media in-charge squad. <br /><br />Superintendent N Shivaprasad said a total of 250 polling booths have been identified as hyper-sensitive, 334 booths as sensitive. <br /><br />Police will keep a strict vigil to check any poll code violations and malpractices. <br />“We have taken a few anti-social elements to arrest as a preventive measure and additional number of police will be deployed near sensitive and hyper-sensitive booths,” he said. <br /><br />Additional Deputy Commissioner Sathyabhama and Assistant Commissioner K T Shantala were present. <br /><br />Control room<br /><br />The district administration has set up a round-the-clock control room to keep a tab on poll code violations and also poll expenditure in Chikkaballapur. The public can alert the control room if they find poll code violation on toll-free number 08156-250002/1950. <br /><br />They may also lodge complaints against extensive poll expenditure by any party, if they come across any.<br /><br /></p>
<p>As many as 1,168 polling booths will be set up in the five Assembly constituencies of the district and a total of 8,67,945 voters will exercise their franchise, said Deputy Commissioner N Manjula. Chintamani Assembly constituency has the highest number of polling booths - 244. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, she asked the polling officers to ensure free and fair election. <br /><br />Voter identity cards have already been issued in the five Assembly constituencies and series of programmes are being organised to create awareness among the voters to exercise their franchise. <br /><br />Clearing confusion<br /><br />“We are making honest efforts to clear any kind of confusion with regard to names in the voters’ list. We are considering the complaints submitted by the voters,” she added. <br /><br />Various squads have been formed to check any malpractices and poll code violation. The officers will keep an eye on poll expenditures of the candidates, she said. <br /><br />Publicity materials to be used by the parties and candidates will be strictly monitored by the media in-charge squad. <br /><br />Superintendent N Shivaprasad said a total of 250 polling booths have been identified as hyper-sensitive, 334 booths as sensitive. <br /><br />Police will keep a strict vigil to check any poll code violations and malpractices. <br />“We have taken a few anti-social elements to arrest as a preventive measure and additional number of police will be deployed near sensitive and hyper-sensitive booths,” he said. <br /><br />Additional Deputy Commissioner Sathyabhama and Assistant Commissioner K T Shantala were present. <br /><br />Control room<br /><br />The district administration has set up a round-the-clock control room to keep a tab on poll code violations and also poll expenditure in Chikkaballapur. The public can alert the control room if they find poll code violation on toll-free number 08156-250002/1950. <br /><br />They may also lodge complaints against extensive poll expenditure by any party, if they come across any.<br /><br /></p>
