Siliguri, Apr 11 : Election Commission (EC) officials, deputed to oversee the security situation in the Hills ahead of the assembly polls, have declared most of the booths there to be hyper-sensitive, official sources said.
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Of the 1,154 polling booths in the Darjeeling district, 658 are hyper-sensitive, the sources said.
Earlier this week, the EC had announced that a four-layered security cover, comprising Central paramilitary forces and the state police, will be deployed in all the sensitive and hyper-sensitive polling booths during the coming first phase of polls in North Bengal.
They had decided to adopt a multi-pronged security approach in and outside every polling station to prevent any untoward incident during the election days.
The EC had decided to adopt a foolproof security arrangement to make the six-phased elections free, fair, peaceful and transparent by all standards.
Darjeeling District has six Assembly seats. Three are in the Hills and three in the plains.
The 228 hyper-sensitive booths out of the 231 are in the Darjeeling seat, 230 out of the 237 booths in Kurseong seat are hyper-sensitive while 200 out of the 210 polling booths in Kalimpong Assembly seat are hyper-sensitive, the sources added.
The 312 sensitive polling stations out of the 476 polling booths in the three Assembly constituencies are in plains of Siliguri sub-division.
As many as 38 candidates are in the fray for six assembly seats in Darjeeling district for April 18 polls.
According to the revised electoral roll, more than 2,12,354 voters in Kurseong seat, 1,65,224 voters in Kalimpong and 1,93,942 voters in Kurseong are expected to exercise their democratic right in the coming Assembly polls.
The 294-seat West Bengal Assembly elections 2011 will be held in six phases.
The first phase for 54 seats in North Bengal begins on April 18 and the sixth or final phase ends on May 10.
Altogether 364 candidates are in the fray in the six North Bengal districts that go to the polls in the first phase on April 18.
The total number of Assembly constituencies in the six North Bengal districts are 54, of which 17 are for the SC and 8 for the ST.
Counting of votes will be taken up on May 13.
Earlier this week, the EC had announced that a four-layered security cover, comprising Central paramilitary forces and the state police, will be deployed in all the sensitive and hyper-sensitive polling booths during the coming first phase of polls in North Bengal.
They had decided to adopt a multi-pronged security approach in and outside every polling station to prevent any untoward incident during the election days.
The EC had decided to adopt a foolproof security arrangement to make the six-phased elections free, fair, peaceful and transparent by all standards.
Darjeeling District has six Assembly seats. Three are in the Hills and three in the plains.
The 228 hyper-sensitive booths out of the 231 are in the Darjeeling seat, 230 out of the 237 booths in Kurseong seat are hyper-sensitive while 200 out of the 210 polling booths in Kalimpong Assembly seat are hyper-sensitive, the sources added.
The 312 sensitive polling stations out of the 476 polling booths in the three Assembly constituencies are in plains of Siliguri sub-division.
As many as 38 candidates are in the fray for six assembly seats in Darjeeling district for April 18 polls.
According to the revised electoral roll, more than 2,12,354 voters in Kurseong seat, 1,65,224 voters in Kalimpong and 1,93,942 voters in Kurseong are expected to exercise their democratic right in the coming Assembly polls.
The 294-seat West Bengal Assembly elections 2011 will be held in six phases.
The first phase for 54 seats in North Bengal begins on April 18 and the sixth or final phase ends on May 10.
Altogether 364 candidates are in the fray in the six North Bengal districts that go to the polls in the first phase on April 18.
The total number of Assembly constituencies in the six North Bengal districts are 54, of which 17 are for the SC and 8 for the ST.
Counting of votes will be taken up on May 13.
--UNI
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