The Meghalaya Government today expressed confidence that it can conduct the February 24 District Council elections in Khasi-Jaintia Hills smoothly with the available security force in the state, although 555 polling stations were classified as sensitive and hyper-sensitive.
“We can manage with the available security force in the State and conduct the upcoming district council polls smoothly,” Commissioner Secretary Home, Jopthiaw Lyngdoh said.
In all, there would be 1492 polling stations for the two council elections, out of which 345 have been classified as sensitive and 210 as hyper-sensitive, as on date.
There are 6.68 lakh voters for the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) polls. For the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) polls 2.9 lakh voters would exercise their franchise. Female voters (1.7 lakh) outnumber their male counterpart in the JHADC elections.
For the KHADC elections, 198 officials would be on poll duty, which includes 144 officials vested with magisterial powers. For the JHADC, 48 officials would oversee the elections of which again 30 would have magisterial powers.
Altogether, 212 candidates are in the fray for the two council polls. After scrutiny and withdrawal, there are 123 in the fray for the KHADC elections and there are 89 candidates who would contest for the JHADC polls.
For each of the councils, elections are held for 29 seats and one member is nominated by the Governor. For the KHADC the entire district of East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills and Ri-Bhoi district is covered. For JHADC only the districts of Jaintia Hills are covered.
EVMs would be used for the polls and a total number of 1925 have been sought, Lyngdoh said. “The Deputy Commissioners would collect the EVMs on 15th of this month and officials are being trained for the elections,” he added.
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