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Dominic Presentation files nomination papers

Staff Reporter

Election Commission publishes names of poll observers

THE BEGINNING: The UDF candidate from Palluruthy Dominic Presentation filing his nomination papers for election to the State Assembly at the District Collectorate in the city on Friday. Photo: Vipinchandran

KOCHI: The United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate from Palluruthy Dominic Presentation on Friday filed his nomination papers for election to the State Assembly.

The papers were submitted to returning officer and panchayat assistant director Somasundaram around 12.30 p.m. Only one nomination was filed on the first day of the notification of the second phase of polling for the Assembly election.

Poll observers

The Election Commission has published the names of poll observers for the 14 Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district. The nine-member team includes Gowtham Chatterjee (Ernakulam, Mattancherry); Vinod Agarwal (Paravur, Njarakkal); Chandrasekhar Chattopadhyay (Angamaly, Vadakkekara); Mandeep Santu (Aluva, Perumbavur); Ashok Kumar Yadav (Palluruthy, Thripunitura); Balraj Singh (Piravom, Kothamangalam), Vivek Kumar Singh (Kunnathunadu, Muvattupuzha); C.S. Bakshi (Mattancherry, Palluruthy, Thripunitura, Aluva, Perumbavur); Virendar Kumar (Angamaly, Vadakkekara, Paravur, Njarakkal, Ernakulam), according to an official communication.

Polling duty

There are a total of 1,970 booths in the 14 constituencies in the district. A total of 9,900 personnel, including State and Central Government employees, will be required for polling duty.

District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish has issued a directive to the Deputy Collector (Election) to prepare a list of the Central Government offices that had not filed the list of the employees until Wednesday evening. The number of Central Government employees is being collected owing to the provision to allow an additional booth in case the number of voters in a single booth exceeds 1,400. It is expected that around 100 booths will have to be additionally allowed in the district.

The video squads to record the poll campaigning in the district should be ready by Sunday, the District Collector has said.

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