8 booths with single-digit voters

ITANAGAR, Sept 25: The forthcoming Arunachal Pradesh general elections will witness eight polling stations with single-digit voters. Upper Mudoi Deep polling booth under Bordumsa-Diyun constituency and Mrambo polling booth in Anini Constituency have only three eligible voters each. Sikaridanga and Molagam polling stations under the Kalaktang and Hayuliang Assembly segments have four voters each. Lumta in Pakke-Kessang has five eligible electorates followed by Matkrong under Hayuliang and Dharampur in Miao with seven people who are eligible to exercise the franchise. Punli polling booth that also falls under Anini constituency has 9 voters.

Informing about the electioneering process on the last day for filing of nominations, a source said the election office has geared up to provide the logistics to conduct the elections. This includes the provision to meet the requirements of the 40 per cent odd polling stations that are not motorable. Moreover, the District Election Officer has been asked to prepare a communication plan that should include all resources such as landline telephones, mobile-phones, wireless sets, satellite phones to facilitate effective monitoring and control of the day’s poll. Altogether, there are 2061 polling stations spread across the 60 Assembly segments in the State.

Even though the election officials have not disclosed the number of sensitive and hyper sensitive polling stations, yet a source said that the Central paramilitary forces will be drawn from outside the State to assist the State police during the election process. The CPF and State armed police will be deployed after assessing the ground situation, stated a source, adding, “the identification of polling stations requiring static coverage by the CPF will be made by the district election officer”. THE SENTINEL