Srinagar, Mar 22: Srinagar district has a total of 929 polling stations for the upcoming parliamentary polls.
An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that the assembly segment-wise allocation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the conduct of Lok Sabha polls in Srinagar includes 163 EVMS for 19-Hazratbal, 176 for 20-Khanyar, 179 for 21-Habbakadal, 191 for 22-Lal Chowk, 127 for 23-Chanapora, 200 for 24-Zadibal, 104 for 25-Eidgah, and 158 for 26-Central Shalteng assembly segments.
In connection with the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the first randomisation of EVMs scheduled by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for all the eight assembly constituencies of Srinagar district was conducted at the DC office here Friday.
The randomisation process was held under the supervision of the District Election Officer (DEO), Srinagar, Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat in the presence of the various representatives of the registered recognised political parties, Assistant Returning Officers (AROs), Deputy DEO, and other officers of District Election Authority.
During the process randomisation of ballot units, control units, and VVPATs for eight assembly constituencies of Srinagar district was carried out.
Each assembly constituency was allocated the required number of EVMs along with 40 percent extra (as reserve) for use during the upcoming polls.
All the process was video recorded as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Before the randomisation process, the DEO Srinagar briefed the representatives of the political parties about the first randomisation process ensuring their confidence in the uprightness of the process and encouraging that all requisite measures have been enacted to uphold the sanctity of the polls in a free, fair, and transparent manner as per the guidelines of ECI.
The DEO said that the EVM randomisation facilitated by dedicated software was to ensure transparent, free and fair elections devoid of human interference.
He said that following randomisation, EVMs would be securely transferred to designated strong rooms of respective constituencies under rigorous security and surveillance.
The representatives of political parties including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, CPI (M), National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attended the first phase of the randomisation process.