1,100 polling booths identified as 'vulnerable' in Tripura
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27 January, 2023 09:42 am IST
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As many as 1,100 out of the total 3,328 polling booths in Tripura have been categorised as 'vulnerable', said a senior poll official on Wednesday. Twenty-eight booths have been identified as 'critical', where one candidate polled more than 70 percent votes during the previous election.
Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Dinkarrao Gitte said Wednesday that 1,128 polling booths of the state were identified as “sensitive” and that extra security deployment was being made for these seats.
Gitte said that the Election Commission analysed the sensitivity of polling stations on the basis of historical data on polling percentage and violence. “We have identified 1,128 sensitive polling stations. These include 1,100 vulnerable and 28 critical booths,” he told reporters.
"Based on the inputs of 2018 Assembly polls and 2019 general election, 1,100 booths have been identified as 'vulnerable' on the ground of the law and order situation and 28 as 'critical'. “None has been marked as 'hypersensitive'," Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao told reporters at a press conference.
The Centre has already sent around 200 companies of paramilitary forces to the state to ensure the elections are held in a fair and peaceful manner, he noted.
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