"Prepared For Free, Fair, Violence-Free Polling In Madhya Pradesh": Official
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Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said the state has around 64,000 booths and more than 50% of polling parties have already reached their respective booths.
A day before polling in Madhya Pradesh, the state's chief electoral officer said all preparations have been made for voters to pick their choice of candidates for the 230 Assembly seats.
In an exclusive conversation with NDTV on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said the state has around 64,000 booths and more than 50% of polling parties have already reached their respective booths. They will be staying there in the night and prepare for the voting, which will begin at 7 am.
On security preparations, Mr Rajan said, "There is Maoist influence in three districts of Madhya Pradesh - Mandla, Balaghat and Dindori. Three Assembly constituencies of Balaghat will have differential timings, polling will start at 7 am and end at 3 pm. The same thing will happen at 55 polling stations of Mandla and 40 polling stations of Dindori."
