Odisha\nChief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar directed all the political parties\nthis evening to remove their posters, hoardings, photos, banners, and anything\nthat features them, from across the state within 24 hours. Kumar\u2019s directive\ncame after the Election Commission of India imposed the Model Code of Conduct\n(MCC) after announcing the dates of the Lok Sabha Election-2019 this evening in\nNew Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing a press\nconference, the Chief Electoral Officer said There is provision of Monitoring\nPaid news for which a dedicated cell has been formed in our office so also in\ndistrict offices, we will monitoring every channel and Newspaper and we can\nmake out what is the paid news and what is not paid news. If we find prima\nfacie this is paid news, The expenditure will be reflected by candidate and if\ncandidate goes 24 laks for Assembly constituency and beyond 70 lakhs for\nParliamentary constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starategy\nfor election planning that contiguous district of states which are affected\nwith left wing extremism must go simultaneously so that interstate movement of\nLW is restricted and the synergy of the force is utilized optimally in ensuring\na free fair and safe election<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nLok Sabha polls will be held in 7 phases. The dates are April 11, April\n18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Elections to the Odisha Assembly\nwill be held in 4 phases. The dates are April 11, April 18, April 23 and April\n29. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The counting of votes will be\nheld on May 23.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n April\n11-Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput<\/p>\n\n\n\n April\n18-Bargarh, Sundargarh, Balangir, Kandhamal, Aska<\/p>\n\n\n\n April\n23-Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, BBSR<\/p>\n\n\n\n April\n29-Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur<\/p>\n\n\n\n Odisha\nhas 147 assembly constituencies that will go to polls in four phases starting\nApril 11 and will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections. As the model code\nof conduct comes into force from Sunday (March 10, 2019), Chief Electoral\nOfficer Surendra Kumar said reiterated the ban on transfers of poll related\nofficials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kumar\nsaid that no more voter applications for ‘deletion’, ‘correction’ and\n‘transposition’ shall be received from today onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Appication\nin form 6 (for addition) shall be accepted till 10 days before nominations.\nTotal 7,51,333 fresh forms have been recieved during updation of the electoral\nrolls, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The\nphoto voters slip, which will be provided at least five days before polls will\nnot be sufficient to establish identity of the voter. One of any 12 documents\napproved by the Election Commission of India is mandatory to be\nfurnished,” Kumar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Total\n37,606 polling stations in Odisha will have VVPATs (Voter verifiable paper\naudit trail). “The first level checking of all Electronic Voting Machines\n– VVPATs has been completed. Total 34 lakh voters participated in the awareness\ncamps so far and the second phase is underway. Total 10,67,825 mock polls have\nbeen conducted,” said Kumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The training of Returning Officers, Sector Officer and Observers have been completed. The first round of training was completed between February 16 and 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Around\n4.70 lakh persons with disabilities have been listed in the electoral rolls in\nOdisha this time. Odisha stands second after Puducherry in identification,\nenrollment and flagging of PWD voters, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “All\nPWDs shall be issued passes for queue jumping and free transport to the polling\nstations. Two volunteers will be deployed at each polling station to assist PWD\nvoters. At least 25,000 wheel chairs shall be provided to assist them,”\nthe CEO stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To\nensure transparency and force multipliers, around 10 percent of polling\nstations will be covered under web casting. Around same number will be covered\nunder CCTV surveillance, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar directed all the political parties this evening to remove their posters, hoardings, photos, banners, and anything that features them, from across the state within 24 hours. 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