Bijepur: Voter turnout in the Bijepur constituency by-poll has been increasing by the hour and the turnout was 25.7 per cent at 11.00 am. At around 9.00am the Bijepur constituency registered a nine per cent turnout
District information and public relation officer Kalyani Dash informed that slowly the people queuing up to cast their votes have been increasing.
Voting started at 7.00am across 285 booths amid tight security. Adequate arrangements are there in place to ensure free and fair polling.
According to chief electoral officer SK Lohani, a total of 2,32,264 voters ( 1,20,135 males and 1,12,114 females) are eligible to use their franchise in the Bijepur Assembly constituency. Two hundred and eighty five wheelchairs have been kept ready to help the 2,750 physically- challenged voters in the electoral list.
One hundred and twenty nine booths have been identified as sensitive and another six as hyper-sensitive. Eleven model booths have been set up with special arrangements for differently-abled persons to exercise their franchise.
A total of 1,895 poll personnel and 32 officers have been deployed for smooth polling while 441 vehicles have been pressed into service. Fourteen CCTV cameras have been installed at strategic locations and arrangement for webcasting has been made at 28 centres.
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