CEO names returning officers for Hamirpur Lok Sabha by polls

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Shimla, Apr 25 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Manisha Nanda today named officials who will be responsible for conducting free and fair elections for the Hamirpur Lok Sabha by-polls that are to be held on June two.

Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner would be the returning officer of the district, while Additional District Magistrate, Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Barasr Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), District Revenue Officer and Naduan Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), would be the assistant returning officers, she said.

Ms Nanda said Bilaspur Deputy Commissioner, Additional District Magistrate, Sadar Bilaspur Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Ghumarwin Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) would be assistant returning officers for the district.

Una Deputy Commissioner, Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Amb Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) and Una Additional District Magistrate would be the assistant returning officers for Una district, while Dehra Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) would be the assistant returning officer for Kangra districts, she said.

She said 11.75 lakh voters would cast their votes for the Hamirpur Lok Sabha elections on June two, for which 1,372 polling stations would be set up.

The electronic voting machines (EVMs) would be used in this by-election and reserve machines would be made available in remote and far-flung polling stations of the state, she said.

The CEO said that a complaint cell has been set up at the Election Department's head office with a telephone No 2622721.

With the announcement of the by-election schedule, the model code of conduct has also come into force in the four districts of Hamirpur, Una, Bilaspur and Kangra that fall in Hamirpur parliamentary constituency as a whole or in part, he said.

Ms Nanda said photo electoral rolls would be used in the state for the bye-elections.

UNI

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