Deputy ECs to visit 5 States as poll body steps up preparedness to hold high stakes elections
The Election Commission of India is initiating field-level visits to five poll-bound states to oversee election preparedness. Officials are currently conducting first-level checks on electronic voting machines to ensure mechanical integrity ahead of upcoming assembly elections.
Why it matters
Transparent and rigorous election preparedness is critical for maintaining the integrity of democratic processes in large-scale national and regional elections.
Senior Election Commission officials led by Deputy Election Commissioners will start visiting the five poll-bound States from this week to oversee election preparedness at the field level.
Functionaries said this week teams from the EC will visit Goa, followed by Uttarakhand next week. The EC officials will also visit Punjab and then Manipur in coming weeks.
There is no word yet on when EC officials will visit Uttar Pradesh.
Usually, the "full Commission" comprising the Chief Election Commissioner and fellow Commissioners visits poll-bound states ahead of announcement of election schedule.
While the term of the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly ends on May 22 next year, the terms of 60-member Manipur, 40-member Goa, 117-member Punjab and 70-member Uttarakhand assembly end on different dates in March, 2027.
Provisions of The Representation of the People Act, 1950 allows EC to hold polls "earlier than six months before the term expires".
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