Notification issued for simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 20 issued notification for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, in the first phase on April 19.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 20 issued notification for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, in the first phase on April 19.

The State election office, in Itanagar, has issued separate gazette notifications for holding elections to 60 Assembly constituencies and two Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh.

“With the issue of notification, the process of filing nominations has started,” Joint Chief Electoral Officer Liken Koyu said.

The last date for filing nomination papers is March 27 and scrutiny of papers would be done on March 28. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 30. The term of the present State Assembly is ending on June 2.

There are a total of 8,86,848 electorates in the State including, 4,49,050 female voters, 5,740 service voters and five third-gender voters.

The State has a total of 2,226 polling booths out of which 156 would be managed entirely by women, while 49 would be managed by youth and three especially by persons with disabilities (PWDs).

Altogether 480 polling booths are under shadow areas in the State, while 588 booths have been identified as critical and 443 as vulnerable.