Tribune news Service
Shimla, October 17
The facility of webcasting will be available in 1,383 polling stations out of 2,796 polling stations set up for byelections.
About 50 per cent of the polling stations in the byelections of Mandi parliamentary constituency and Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly constituencies would be connected through webcasting, said Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh, C Paulrasu here today.
He said to conduct free and fair elections by the Election Commission of India and as a confidence building measure for voters, arrangements for webcasting would be made in all critical polling stations and all polling stations in vulnerable areas or at least in 50 per cent of the total polling stations, including auxiliary polling stations, whichever is higher.
Webcasting will be conducted in 1,168 polling stations out of 2,365 polling stations set up in all the Assembly Constituencies of Mandi parliamentary constituency for the implementation of these instructions and for effective monitoring of the voting process.
He said that 215 polling stations out of total 431 polling stations set up for the byelections of Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly constituencies would be connected through webcasting.
Courtesy: Tribune News Service
