Kakinada civic polls on November 26; 1,836 personnel deployed : Collector

Chairing a coordination meeting with election officers here, he said the nomination process would be held from November 14 to 16, as per the election notification. Nomination papers for the Mayor’s post would be received at the Municipal Corporation office, while 17 centres had been arranged for receiving nominations for the 66 municipal wards.

Scrutiny of nominations would be taken up on November 17, and November 19 would be the last date for withdrawal of nominations, he said.

Polling for all 66 wards would be held on November 26 at 306 polling stations, while the first phase of polling for gram panchayats would also take place on the same day. Counting of votes and declaration of results for the Municipal Corporation elections would be held on November 30, he added.

The Collector said the corporation had a total of 2,85,949 voters, with arrangements made to accommodate around 1,000 voters at each polling station.

As many as 1,836 personnel had been deployed for conducting the elections, while four special teams had been constituted to enforce the election code of conduct.

The city had been divided into 18 routes and six zones for election-related arrangements.

A total of 673 ballot boxes, along with stationery, declaration forms, covers, indelible ink and other essential materials, had been kept ready, he said.

Polling materials would be distributed from McLaren School, while the material receiving centre and vote-counting centre had been arranged at Rangaraya Medical College.

Municipal Corporation Commissioner N.V.V. Satyanarayana, Additional Commissioner K.T. Sudhakar, District Panchayat Officer V. Ravikumar and other corporation officials attended the meeting.