07:13 AM, 19-Apr-2024
voter at polling station
Voters reached the primary school Takhan polling station in Pilibhit city.
07:12 AM, 19-Apr-2024
18.31 lakh voters will decide the fate of 10 candidates in Pilibhit
The auspicious day has come to make sacrifice in the form of vote in the great festival of democracy. Voting has started in Pilibhit district from 7 am on Friday and will continue till 6 pm. Voting will be held for Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat in four districts of the district and in Baheri assembly constituency of Bareilly. There are about 18.31 lakh voters in the Lok Sabha constituency. Of these, more than 9.78 lakh are male and more than eight lakh are female voters. All the voters will decide the fate of 10 candidates. 1521 booths have been made for voting. Tight security arrangements have been made to conduct the voting peacefully.
07:09 AM, 19-Apr-2024
Guidelines given to policemen
The officer gave directions to the police personnel at Lala Indra Prakash Janata Inter College, Babri, Shamli.
07:04 AM, 19-Apr-2024
Notice to ban 24,15,559 people due to fear of breach of peace
The Chief Electoral Officer said that in compliance with the instructions of the Election Commission of India, action is being taken by Police, Income Tax, Excise, Narcotics and other departments. For intensive checking, 513 inter-state check posts and 1853 check posts are operated within the state. From March 16 to April 17, 487 licensed weapons from criminal persons were seized. Licenses of 4280 licensed weapons were canceled and deposited. Banning notices have been sent to 24,15,559 people due to fear of breach of peace.
07:02 AM, 19-Apr-2024
More than 2100 FIRs for violation of Loudspeaker Act
State Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said that till now a total of 1,04,84,435 publicity materials have been removed from public and private places. In this, 63,50,390 publicity materials were brought down from public places and 41,34,045 from private places. So far, action has been taken in 1262 cases of misuse of beacon lights and flags in vehicles and 2191 cases of violation of the Loudspeaker Act. Similarly, action was taken in 5,47,431 cases of wallwriting, 18,90,212 of posters and 10,09,664 of banners and 6,86,738 other cases in private places. A report has been registered in a total of 76 cases, including 70 FIRs in connection with holding meetings and speeches without permission, distributing cash to woo voters, beacon lights in vehicles, misuse of flags and other cases, including 06 in NCR.
06:59 AM, 19-Apr-2024
resolution of complaints
Total complaints in first phase elections – 448
Out of these, the correct ones were found – 264.
Found wrong – 184
Average time to resolve complaints – 41 minutes
Time prescribed by Election Commission of India – 100 minutes
06:59 AM, 19-Apr-2024
There will be this many EVMs and employees
18662 EVM control unit
18734 ballot unit
19603 vv pat
111 Model Polling Booth
45 women managed polling booths
36 youth worker polling booth
Polling booths managed by 32 disabled people
06:57 AM, 19-Apr-2024
accurate voting monitoring
8 General Observer
5 police observers
10 Expenditure Observer
1272 Sector Magistrate
150 zonal magistrate
103 static magistrate
1861 micro observer
65380 polling workers
06:54 AM, 19-Apr-2024
Bad EVM will be replaced in half an hour
During the polling period, BLOs have been instructed to remain present at the helpdesk with the Alphabetical Locator Voter List. They will help the voters. Voting percentage information will be updated to the media every two hours. If the EVM is faulty then it will not take more than half an hour to restart the voting.
06:43 AM, 19-Apr-2024
Live webcasting of more than 7500 polling booths
Paramilitary forces will be deployed to protect the strong room. The location of the helicopter will be in Moradabad on 18-19 April and the location of the air ambulance will be in Bareilly on 19 April. Arrangements for live webcasting have been made at 50 percent polling places, which will be supervised at the level of District Election Officer, Chief Electoral Officer and Election Commission of India. Apart from this, videography will be done at 1510 polling booths.