444 polling stations in Chennai are vulnerable to electoral offences
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AAA Chennai District Election Office has identified 444 polling stations as vulnerable to electoral offences in the 16 Assembly constituencies of the city.
According to data collected by the District Election Office for ‘vulnerability mapping’, slum neighbourhoods on the banks of Buckingham Canal, Adyar and Cooum have a large number of vulnerable polling stations.
In 2011, the city had 3,236 polling stations spread across 16 constituencies. In the 2016 Assembly elections, the number increased by around 500. Ahead of the Assembly elections in 2021, the number of polling stations in the 16 Assembly constituencies of Chennai has increased from 3,754 to 6,123 after the development of additional polling stations because of COVID-19. The number of electors in each of the polling stations will be less than 1,000.
Political fronts in Kozhikode keep their fingers crossed
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In 2015, LDF had secured two-third majority in Kozhikode Corporation, district panchayat
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Dog squad inspecting the strongroom at Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Nadakkavu, where the EVMs from booths in Kozhikode Corporation have been kept.
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In 2015, LDF had secured two-third majority in Kozhikode Corporation, district panchayat All three fronts the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), and the BJP-led National Democratic Front (NDA) are hoping that the results of the three-tier local body polls will favour them when they are declared on Wednesday.