Kohima, February 27 (MTNews): A total of 11,550 Polling Personnel, which included 9,620 male and 1,930 women polling officials were involved in the 14th NLA General Elections on 27th February 2023.
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As per the information from the CEO Office a total of 386 polling stations, excluding 31 Akuluto AC that was uncontested, were manned by women polling officials. In Mokokchung, a total of 49 polling stations were manned by women polling officials.
Special Polling teams were also deployed district wise. Seven polling stations were managed by young employees that included 5 in Kohima, 1 in Wokha and 1 in Zunheboto. Three teams for People with Disability (PwD) were also deployed which included 1 each in Kohima, Zunheboto and Tuensang. A total of 39 model polling stations which included 3 in Dimapur, 2 in Chumoukedima, 4 in Kohima, 2 in Tsemenyu, 1 in Pughoboto, 5 in Phek, 10 in Mokokchung, 4 in Wokha, 1 in Mon, 4 in Tuensang, 1 in Shamator and 2 in Kiphire were also set up.
To keep a check on illegal activities such as booth capturing, illegal money distribution and bogus voting, it was informed that a total 1647 polling stations which included 1391 live webcasting polling stations and 256 offline videography were installed, which is about 71% coverage.
The Gross total Model Code of Conduct (MCC) Enforcement Teams involved in the general election was 1,844 officials out of which 306 were Sector Officers/Sector Magistrate, 942 Micro Observers, 169 Flying Squad teams, 180 Static Surveillance teams, 62 Assistant Expenditure Observers, 62 Video Surveillance teams, 62 Video Viewing teams and 61 Accountant teams.