Voting for all the 40 assembly seats in Mizoram will take place on November 7, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on 9 October. The counting of the votes will be held on 3 December. Speaking of the schedule of Mizoram, the election commission said that the date of Issue of the Gazette notification is 13 October while the last date to making nominations is 20 October. As per Election Commission, the scrutiny of the nominees will done on 20 October while candidates can withdraw their candidature by October 23.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said that for the 1st time a new Election Seizure Management System is being introduced for the assembly polls to enhance oversight to ensure inducement-free elections.
A total of 940 checkposts have been put in place for a strict vigil along interstate borders and to dry up inflow of illicit liquor, cash, freebies and drugs, he said.
There will be zero tolerance for the use of money power and there will be a strict vigil over suspicious online cash transfers through wallets as well, the CEC said. During the press conference, Rajiv Kumar said these five states will have 1.77 lakh polling stations, of which 1.01 lakh will have webcasting facility. More than 8,000 polling stations will be managed by women, he said.
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Updated: 09 Oct 2023, 01:53 PM IST