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District Election Management Plan Lok Sabha Bye Election – 2018 9-Araria
Himnshu Sharma, I.A.S District Election Officer -Cum- District Magistrate,Araria Page No :- 2 of 47
District Election Management Plan ARARIA DISTRICT
District Profile Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of 2830 km². It has a view of Mount Kangchenjunga (One of the great peaks of the Himalayan range).
Origin of name : During the British period, the area where Mr. Forbes's bungalow was located was called "Residential Area", which people abbreviated to R. Area. Over time, R. Area acquired the pronunciation Arariya. Araria district comprises the following Sub-Divisions: Araria and Forbesganj Araria sub-division comprises 6 blocks: Araria, Kursakanta, Palasi, Sikti, Jokihat and Raniganj. Forbesganj sub-division comprises 3 blocks: Forbesganj, Bhargama and Narpatganj. There are six Assembly constituencies in this district: Narpatganj, Raniganj, Forbesganj, Araria, Jokihat and Sikti. All of these are part of Araria Parliamentary constituency.
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Geography
State :- Bihar District :- Araria Area (in Square K.M :- 2830 Total Polling Stations :- 2143 Total Parliamentary Constituencies :- 1 Total Assembly Constituencies :- 6 Total Population (Census 2011) :- 3140931 Total SC Population (in %) :- 220148 Total ST Population (in %) :- 20819 Total Population Density (per Sq. KM) :- 992 Total Male Electors :- 919115 Total Female Electors :- 818286 Total Third Gender Electors :- 67 Total NRI Electors :- 0 Total Service Electors :- 599 Total Electors :- 1738067 Gender Ratio :- 886 Elector Percentage :- 54 No. of Sub-Divisions :- 2 No. of Blocks :- 9 No. of Gram Panchayats :- 218 No. of Census Village :- 751 No. of Municipal Corporation :- 0 No. of Municipalities :- 3 No. of Town/ Notified Area :- 3 No. of Post Offices :- 17 No. of Police Stations :- 24 No. of Bordering State/Countries :- Nepal Total Road Length(in KM) :- 510 National Highway Length(in KM) :- 65 State Highway Length(in KM) :- 115 District Road Length(in KM) :- 50
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Administrative Units
Sub division Block
Araria Raniganj,Araria,Jokihat,Palasi,Kursakanta,Sikti
Forbesganj Narpatganj,Forbesganj,Bhargama
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Asembly Segments
46-Narpatganj 47-Raniganj(SC) 48-Forbesganj 49-Araria 50-Jokihat 51-Sikti
General Law and Order
The District Araria is quiet peaceful with no records of any major break down of Law and Order.
(a) Past electoral offences :- Parliament election in 2014 and Assembly election in 2015 were peaceful and no incidents of violence were recorded.
(b) Naxal Activities Past Election:- 2014 – NIL 2015 – NIL
Electors Details
Population 3465634(Projected 2018)
Voters 1738067 Male 919115 Female 818286 Other 67 Srivice Voters 599 EP Ratio 0.50 Epic Coverage 100%
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9-Araria Parliamentary Constituency comprises the following six Assembly Constituencies 1. 46-Narpatganj 2. 47-Raniganj(SC) 3. 48-Forbesganj 4. 49-Araria 5. 50-Jokihat 6. 51-Sikti
Procurement of material, deployment of polling personnel, sealing of EVMs etc will be done by District Election Officer-Cum-RO, Araria for all the above Assembly segments. After having poll, polled and sealed EVMs of all Assembly Constituencies will be sent to the strong room at Krishi Utpadan Bazar Samiti, Araria under safe custody of Police Forces. Assembly Constituency Information
Sl. AC no. and Sub Total no. of Polling Station Total no. of Block No name division Voters Main Aux Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Narpatganj 170 102 272 1 46-Narpatganj Forbesganj 298385 Bhargama 67 44 111
Bhargama 47 20 67 2 47-Raniganj(SC) Araria 299127 Raniganj 201 114 315
3 48-Forbesganj Forbesganj Forbesganj 279 97 376 310771
4 49-Araria Araria Araria 253 86 339 289843
Palasi 64 31 95 5 50-Jokihat Araria 270441 Jokihat 158 78 236
Kursakanta 85 28 113
6 51-Sikti Araria Sikti 81 45 126 269500
Palasi 65 28 93
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RO/ARO Details
Resi. Sl. ncy Name RO ARO Tel Mobile No No E-Mail ID Fax No and No
No Parliamentary Office & Tel No Constitue
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Dr. Vidyanand Singh, 9431818439 1 ARO, 46 –Narpatganj –cum- -- -- [email protected] Director DRDA, Araria
Shri Mithlesh Kumar, -- -- 8674817715 2 Araria ARO, 47 –Raniganj(SC) – [email protected] cum- DWO, Aararia
, I.A.S.,
Collector, Collector, Shri Anil Kumar
- 06455 06455 3 ARO, 48 –Forbesganj –cum 9473191368 222196 222596 [email protected] -SDO Forbesganj Cum - Araria - 9 Shri Sanjay Kumar, 06453 06453 9431814741 4 ARO, 49 –Araria –cum- 222070 222020
Himanshu Sharma Himanshu [email protected] SDO Araria
ri om h
S Shri Amod Kumar Sharan 06453
5 ARO, 50 –Jokihat –cum- -- 9473191366 222312 [email protected] District Election Office District Election ADM Araria om Miss Ranjita, IAS 06453 06453 9431818383 6 ARO, 51 –Sikti-Cum- 222001 222103 [email protected] DDC,Araria
Page No :- 8 of 47 Important Officials and their Contact Number
Sl. Name Designation Contact No. No
1 2 3 4
9431230001 Commissioner, Purnea Division, 06454-243199(O) 1 Miss T.N Bindeshwari, I.A.S. Purnea 06454-242246(R) 06454-241899(Fax)
9431822964 2 Shri Saurav Kumar, I.P.S. DIG, Purnea Division, Purnea 06454-243156(O) 06454-243126(R)
9431228200 District Election Officer – cum- 06453-222001(O) 3 Shri Himanshu Sharma, I.A.S District Magistrate, Araria 06453-222102(R) 06453-222124(Fax)
9431800002 06453-222050(O) 4 Miss Dhurat Sayali Sawalaram, S.P. Araria I.P.S. 06453-222075(R) 06453-222018(Fax) 9431818383 06453-222002(O) 5 Miss Ranjita, I.A.S DDC, Araria 06453-222103(R) 06453-222103(Fax) 6 Dr. Naval Kishor Ojha Civil Surgeon,Araria 9470003030
6 Shri Amod Kumar Sharan ADM, Araria 9473191366
7 Dr. Vidyanand Singh Director, DRDA 9431818439 Senior Deputy Collector-Cum- 7903623933 8 Shri Sanjay Kumar EDC, Araria 8544426102 Senior Deuputy Collector-Cum- 9 Shri Shambu Kumar 9430480533 DDMO,Araria 10 Shri Prabhat Kumar jha District Planning Officer, Araria 7070102234 Dist. Land Acquisition Officer, 11 Shri Niraj Narayan Pandey 9431357294 Araria 12 Shri Arun Kumar Singh District Transport Officer,Araria 9470484111
13 Shri Mithilesh Kumar District Welfare Officer,Araria 8674817715 Page No :- 9 of 47
Sl. Name Designation Contact No. No 1 2 3 4
14 Shri Anirudh Pd Yadav Dy Election Officer, Araria 8051563954
8544412208 15 Shri Ashok Kumar Mishra Dist Education Officer, Araria 7545945907 8544412209 16 Shri Janardan Prasad Bishwas Dist Program Officer, (Est) Purnea 9430875605 Ext. Engineer, 17 Md Navi Hasan 8544428598 PHED, Araria Ext. Engineer, 18 Shri Dhanshyam Mandal 9470001296 RWD, Araria Disctrict Co-Operative Officer, 19 Shri Kavindra Nath Thakur 9431265919 Araria 7739319797 20 Shri Vikash Kumar DIO, (NIC) Araria 7979889455 9386262063 21 Shri Krishnendu Karmkar IT,Manager, Araria 7004419167 9431814741 Sub Divisional Officer, 22 Shri Sanjay Kumar 06453-222070(O) Sadar Araria 06453-222020(R) 9473191368 Sub Divisional Officer, 23 Shri Anil Kumar 06455-222196(O) Sadar Forbesganj 06455-222596(R) 9431800045 24 Shri Kumar Devendra Singh S.D.P.O, Araria 9431047514 25 Shri Manoj Kumar S.D.P.O, Forbesganj 9431800044 Page No :- 10 of 47 Contact Number of BDO and CO
Sl. Name Designation Contact No. No 1 2 3 4 1 Sri Ashutosh kumar B.D.O, Narpatganj 9431818316
2 Sri Raja Ram Pandit B.D.O, Raniganj 9431818626
9934421671
3 Smt. Rekha Kumari B.D.O, Bhargama 9431818625
4 Sri Bijay Kumar Chandra B.D.O, Forbesganj 9431818317
5 Sri Manoj Kumar B.D.O, Araria 9431818315
6 Sharafat Hussain B.D.O, Jokihat 8809262272
7 Md Khurshid Alam B.D.O, Palasi 9431818318
8 Smt. Vina Kumari B.D.O, Kursakanta 9431818626
9 Sri Shivesh Kumar Singh B.D.O, Sikti 9632015050
10 Sri Vijay Kumar Sinha C.O Kursakanta 8544412408
11 Sri Ashok Kumar Singh C.O, Araria 8544412406
12 Sri Abhay Kant Mishra C.O, Forbesganj 8544412413
13 Sri Nishant Kumar C.O, Narpatganj 8544412414
14 Sri Pawan Kumar Jha C.O, Jokihat 8544412407
15 Sri Mahendra Kumar Singh C.O, Bhargama 8544412412
16 Sri Satyendra Kumar Singh C.O, Palasi 8544412409
17 Sri Satyendra Narayan Singh C.O, Raniganj 8544412410
18 Sri Pram Kumar Sharma C.O, Sikti 8544412411 Page No :- 11 of 47
Important Police Officials and their Contact Number
Sl. No Name Designation Mobile No
1 2 3 4 1 Sri Mukesh Kumar Sah S.H.O, Fobesganj 9431822595
2 Sri Ramesh Kant Choudhary S.H.O, Araria 9431822599
3 Sri Prashant Kumar S.H.O, Araria R.S 9006198069
4 Smt. Meera Kumari S.H.O, 8541855870
5 Sri Prabhakar Bharti S.H.O, Tarabari 9431822589
6 Sri Rakesh Prasad S.H.O, Bairgachhi O.P 9006390075
7 Sri Bhanu Pratap Sinha S.H.O, Kursakanta 9431822593
8 Sri King Kundan S.H.O, Raniganj 9431822592
9 Sri Jivesh Thakur S.H.O, Sonamani Godam 9431822585
10 Sri Dhananjay Kumar S.H.O, Sikti 9431822597
11 Sri Rakesh Prasad S.H.O, Bardaha 9431822586
12 Sri Maksud Ahmad Hedri S.H.O, Jokihat 9431822598
13 Sri mukeshwar Prasad S.H.O, Palashi 9431822596
14 Sri Ram Aayodhya Ram S.H.O,Madanpur O.P 9431822585
15 Sri Deepak Chandra Das S.H.O, Mahalgown O.P 9006444806
16 Sri Chandra Kishor Tuddu S.H.O, Sc. St. 9939088237
17 Sri Omprakash S.H.O, Simraha 9006444806
18 Sri Anil Kumar Singh S.H.O, Jogwani 9431822594
19 Sri Akhileshwar Kumar S.H.O, Bathnaha 9973389950
20 Sri Rama Shankar S.H.O, Bausi 9431822588
21 Sri Vikash Kumar Aazad S.H.O, Bhargama 9431822591
22 Sri Sunil Kumar S.H.O, Narpatganj 9431822590
23 Sri Shyam Nandan Yadav S.H.O, Fulkaha 852128777
24 Sri Akhilesh Kumar S.H.O, Ghurna 9431822584
25 Sri Sadanad Sah S.H.O, Basmatiya 9470237652
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Observer’s Details
Sl. AC no. and Mob No. Liaison Officer Name & Observer Name Fax No. No name Telephone No Mob No & & No PC PC Name 46-Narpatganj Shri Subodh Kumar, Mr. K. Moses District Minority Welfare 1 47-Raniganj(SC) Chalai, I.A.S Officer, Araria 48-Forbesganj Mob-9570888020 49-Araria Mr. S.Gopala Shri Kunal Kumar, Block
2 50-Jokihat Sundara Raj, Supply Insptector, Araria I.A.S Mob-9835200498 Araria
- 51-Sikti 9 46-Narpatganj 47-Raniganj(SC) Shri Kripashankar Dwiwedi 48-Forbesganj Mr. Deepak M. Block Supply Officer, 3 49-Araria Damor, I.P.S Narpatganj 50-Jokihat Mob-9801088151 51-Sikti 46-Narpatganj 47-Raniganj(SC) 48-Forbesganj Shri. 4 49-Araria R.Ambalavanan IA&AS 50-Jokihat 51-Sikti
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Accounting Team Sl Assembly Name of Others Officers Name of Clerk No
Sri Sivendu Sourabh, BOB, Sri Pranav Kumar, Officer PNB, 1. 46-Narpatganj Araria, Mob- 9934642486 Raniganj, Mob- 9473198408
Sri Santosh Kumar, clerk, Sri Sanjeev Kumar, Assistant Manager, BOB, Araria, Mob- 2 47-Raniganj UCO Bank, Forbesganj, Mob- 9801866697 9709507454
Sri Brajbhusan Singh, SBI, Forbesganj, Surendra Paswan, Head Clerk, 3 48-Forbesganj Mob- 7903133253 SBI, Araria, Mob- 993661148
Sri Vivekanand Kumar, Assistant Santosh Kumar Singh, Cenra 4 49-Araria Manager, SBI, ADV, Araria, Mob- Bank, Araria, Mob – 9939768976 8051757004
Sri Ganesh Mandal, Officer, CBI, Sri Abhijeet Kumar, Alahabad 5 50-Jokihat Araria, Mob- 8340359206 Bank, Raniganj
Sri Vinod Kumar Singh, Alahabad Rajesh Prasad, Junior Asosiate, 6 51-Sikti Bank, Sisauna, Jokihat, Mob- SBI, ADV, Araria, Mob- 9102990821 8709408983
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Flying Squads
Video Grapher Name of Incharge Officer Name of Police Officer Assembly PS Name Name & Mob. Name & Mob. No. Name & Mob. No. No. Narpatganj,Ghu Nishant Kumar, CO, Sri Sunil Kumar, SHO, 46- rna,Basmatia,F Narpatganj, Mob- Narpatganj, Mob- Dist./Block Level Narpatganj ulkaha,Bathnah 8544412414 9431822590 a,Bhargama Raniganj,Bharg Sri King Kundan, SHO, Mahendra Singh, CO, 47-Raniganj ama,Araria R.S, Raniganj, Mob- Dist./Block Level Bhargama, Mob- 8544412413 Bounsi 9431822593 Jogbani,Bathna 48- Abhay Kant Mishr, CO, Sri, Mukesh Kumar Saha, ha, Forbesganj, Dist./Block Level Forbesganj Forbesganj SHO, Forbesganj Simraha Tarabari,Madan Sri Ramesh Kant pur,Bairgachhi, Ashok Kumar Singh, CO, 49-Araria Choudary, SHO, Araria, Dist./Block Level Araria R.S, Araria, Mob-8544412406 Mob- 8544324922 Araria Jokihat, Pawan Kumar Jha, CO, Sri MD. Haidar, SHO, 50-Jokihat Dist./Block Level Mhalgaon, Jokihat, Mob- 8825207349 Jokihat, Mob- 9431822598 Palasi Kuwari,Kursak Sri Dhananjay Kumar, anta,Bardaha,Si Vijay Kumar Sinha, CO, 51-Sikti SHO, Sikti, Mob- Dist./Block Level Kursakata, Mob-7739870090 kti,Palasi,Sona 9771707103 mani Godam
Assistant Expenditure Observer Sl Assembly Name of Others Officers Mobile No. No Sri Sunil Gupta, Deputy Manager, SBI, RS, 1. 46-Narpatganj 7260899634 Araria Branch
Amit Kumar Bhatia, Assitant Manager, SBI, 7260899629 2 47-Raniganj Araria
Sanjeev Kumar, Assistant Manager, BOI, 3 48-Forbesganj 8521378853 Forbesganj
Ajit Kumar Dhalan, Officer, Canra Bank, 4 49-Araria 7545030158 Araria
Amit Kumar Paswan, Officer, Canra Bank, 5 50-Jokihat 8098034800 Araria
6 51-Sikti Arun Kumar Sah, Officer, BOI, Araria 7549329905 Page No :- 15 of 47
Static Surveillance Team
Name of Incharge Officer Name of Police Officer Name Video Grapher Name PS Name Name & Mob. No. & Mob. No. & Mob. No. & Name Assembly No. No. Assembly 1. Sri Varun Kumar Ram,
Narpatganj, AC, Narpatganj, Mob- Ghurna, 8809737731 1. Lalan Prasad, SI, Narpatganj Basmatia, 2. Ratan Prakash, BCO, Thana, Mob- 9507871324 BDO, Narpatganj Fulkaha, Narpatganj, Mob- 2. Akhilesh Kumar, SI, Ghurna Narpatganj - Bathnaha, 8544326353 Thana, Mob- 9470024415 46 Bhargama 3. Amarjeet Kumar, BCO, Mob- 7545922360 1. Sri Ratan Das, SI, Raniganj
1. Sri Suyrakant Kumar, AC, Thana, Mob- 7739823156 Raniganj, Mob-9546845476 2. Sri Rajdeep Yadav, SI, Polish Raniganj,Bhargama, 2. Sri Akhilesh Kumar Das, Kendra, Araria, Mob- BDO, Raniganj BCO, Raniganj 8298308403 Raniganj Raniganj Araria R.S, Bounsi - 3. Sri Narayan Kumar, GPS, 3. Ram Chandra Ram, SI, Polish 47 Raniganj Kendra, Aararia, Mob- 7543049275
1. Sri Balram Kumar, AC, 1. Sri Vinod Kumar, SI, Jogbani Forbesganj, Mob- Thana, Mob- 8294604179 9570954455 2. Sri Aash Narayan Singh, SI, 2. Md. Kunen Ahmad, Junior Jogbani,Bathnaha, Forbesganj Thana, Mob- Engineer, Manrega, BDO, Forbesganj. 9661600497 Forbesganj, Simraha Forbesganj, Mob- 3. Sri Manoj Kumar, SI, 7903830601 Forbesganj Thana, Mob-
Forbesganj Forbesganj 3. Sri Vinod Kumar Singh, - 9431232701
48 Junior Engineer, Forbesganj 1. Sri Ramrup Das, Junior 1. Sri Md. Iliyash, Madanpur Engineer, RWD, Araria, Thana, Mob- 7549950519 Mob- 8709519711 Tarabari,Madanpur, 2. Sri Ashok Kumar Singh, 2. Sri Raj Kumar Sharma, Bairgacchi, OP BDO, Araria
Araria Araria Bairgachhi, Araria
- Junior Engineer, Manrega, 3. Sri Anand Kumar Tiwari, SI, 49 R.S, Araria Araira Tarabari Thana, Mob- 3. Sri Sanjay Kumar, SAO, 9472341392 Araria
1. Ashok Kumar Yadav, SI,
1. Md. Junaid Akbar, Junior Jokihat Thana, Mob- Jokihat, Mhalgaon, Engineer, Manrega, Jokihat 9431910396 2. Sri Rajeev Karan, 2. Sri Lotan Paswan, SI, Polish BDO, Jokihat Jokihat Jokihat - Palasi BCO,Jokihat, Mob- Kendra, Mob- 8876460337 50 9102500663 3. Sri Kuleshwar Kumar Yadav, SI, Mob- 9006771035
1. Sri Diwesh Kumar Gupta, 1. Sri Ravidat Sharma, SI, Sikti
PO, Sikti Thana, Mob-7970842025 Kuwari,Kursakanta, 2. Sri Deepak Kumar 2. Sri Bhola Ram, Bardaha
Sikti Sikti Choudary, BWO, Sikti, Thana, Mob- 9939376943 BDO, Sikti
- Bardaha,Sikti,Palasi,
51 Sonamani Godam Mob- 8877909496 3. Parnatmanand Singh, SI, 3. Sri Niraj Kumar, BCO, Sonamani Goudam Thana, Kursakata Mob- 9199251140
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No & Name of AC Name of Officer & Mob No Video Grapher Name & Mob No Team No Team Nodal Officer Officer Nodal Name & Mob No Name & Mob
46-Narpatganj 1 Sri Prabudh Bharti, AC, Narpatganj, Mob- 7631819819 Dist./Block Level
Sri Satyendra Kumar Yadav, AC, Raniganj, Mob- 47-Raniganj 2 Dist./Block Level 8294236319 Sri Awadhesh Kumar Singh, CI, Forbesganj, Mob- 48-Forbesganj 3 Dist./Block Level 9576412577
49-Araria 4 Kumar Rajeev, AC, Araria, Mob- 9431512841 Dist./Block Level
50-Jokihat 5 Sri Vijay Kumar lal Das, CI, Jokihat, Mob- Dist./Block Level
51-Sikti 6 Sri Raj Kumar, BSO, Sikti, Mob- Dist./Block Level
Video Viewing Team
No & Name of No Mob AC Incharge Officer’s Name & Mob No Tagged Employ Name & Mob No Team No Team Nodal Officer Nodal Name & Name
Manisha Kumari, Executive Assistant, Nagar 46-Narpatganj 1 Smt. Namita Ghos, CDPO, Narpatganj, Mob- Parisad, Araria, Mob- 9507448997
Priyam Kumari, Executive Assistant, Labour 47-Raniganj 2 Smt. Firdoush Sekh, CDPO, Raniganj, Mob- Suprintending Office, Araria, Mob- 9113497796
Smt. Sangeeta Kumari, CDPO, Forbesganj, Kiran Kumari, Executive Assistant, DCO 48-Forbesganj 3 Mob- office, Araria, Mob- 7545996925
Rubi Kumari, Executive Assistant, DWO, 49-Araria 4 Smt. Madhwi Lta, CDPO, Araria, Mob- Araria, Mob- 7033312717
Priti Kumari, Executive Assistant, DCO, 50-Jokihat 5 Smt. Durgarani Das, LS, Jokihat, Mob- Araria, Mob- 8877296908
Priti Kumari, Executive Assistant, Dist. 51-Sikti 6 Smt. Seema Kumari, CDPO, Kursakata Ragistarar Office, Araria, Mob- 7542979167
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Media Certification & Monitoring Committee Sl. Name of Officer Designation Mobile No No 1 2 3 4 District Eleceion Officer 1 -Cum- Chairperson 9431228200 Returning Officer, Araria Sanjay Kumar, 2 Member 9431814741 Sub Division Officer, Sadar Shri Ratan Thakur, 3 Member LBM, Araria Md. Parwez Alam, 4 Member 9534545442 Press Repoter, Prabhat Khabar Shri Gupteshwar Kumar 6 Dist Public Relation Officer, Member Secretary 9430001772 Araria.
Different Cells for Election Management
Sl. Name of Senior Officer in charge Name of Nodal Officer & Mobile Name of Cell No & Mobile No No Miss Ranjita, Shri Sanjay Kumar 1 Personnel Cell DDC, Araria Deputy Collector Araria Mob:- 9431818383 Mob:- 9661179726 Miss Ranjita, Shri Vidyanand Singh Electronic Voting 2 DDC, Araria DRDA Director, Araria Machine (EVM) Cell Mob:- 9431818383 Mob :- 9431818439
Miss Ranjita, Shri Prabhar Kumar Jha, 3 Training Cell DDC, Araria DPO, Araria Mob:- 9431818383 Mob:- 8409310994
Shri Dhirendra Kumar Mishr, Shri Dhirendra Kumar Mishr, 4 Material Cell DPRO, Araria DPRO, Araria Mob:- 9431400470 Mob:- 9431400470
Shir Arun Kumar Singh Shir Arun Kumar Singh 5 Vehicle Cell D.T.O.Araria D.T.O.Araria Mob:- 9955235499 Mob:- 9955235499
Shri Kalimuddin, Shri Kalimuddin, Law & Order 6 DCLR. Araria DCLR. Araria Management Cell Mob:- 8986098786 Mob:- 8986098786
Shri Ajay Kumar, Shri Ajay Kumar, Model Code of PGRO,Araria 7 PGRO,Araria Conduct Cell Mob:- 9934208919 Mob:- 9934208919
Page No :- 18 of 47 8 Shri Gupteshwar Kumar, Shri Gupteshwar Kumar, Media Cell ADPRO, Araria ADPRO,Araria Mob:- 9430001772 Mob:- 9430001772
Election Expenditure Shri Prabhat Kumar Jha Shri Prabhat Kumar Jha 9 Accounts Monitoring, DPO, Araria DPO. Araria Cell Mob:-9801286718 Mob:-9801286718
Shri Shambhu Kumar, Shri Shambhu Kumar, 10 CPF Cell SDC-Cum-DDMO,Araria SDC-Cum-DDMO,Araria Mob:-9631332633 Mob:-9631332633
Shri Manoj Kumar Jha Shri Ghanshyam Ravidas, Ballot Paper 11 PGRO,Araria Asst. Director,CPU,Araria Management Cell Mob;-8210025128 Mob:-9304812159
Shri Krishnnendu Karmkar Shri Krishnnendu Karmkar Computer Managment 12 I.T. Manager I.T. Manager Cell Mob:- 8987003267 Mob:- 8987003267
Shri Niraj Narayan Panday Shri Niraj Narayan Panday Observer Managment 13 DLAO, Araria DLAO,Araria Cell Mob:-9431357294 Mob:-9431357294
District Help Line- Shri Gupteshwar Kumar, Shri Gupteshwar Kumar, 14 cum- Control Room ADPRO, Araria ADPRO, Araria Cell Mob:- 9430001772 Mob:- 9430001772
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Constituency wise Elector’s Details: - Form 1 – 8 Format – 1 B
Election as per Final Roll
Electors as per Draft Roll w.r.t Electors as per Final Roll w.r.t w.r.t 01.01.2017 as the 01.01.2018 as a qualifying date 01.01.2018 as a qualifying date qualifying date Sl. Name &
No No of AC
Ratio of District of Ratio Male Male Male Other Other Other Female Female Female Census (2011)Genger (2011)Genger Census Sex Ratio Sex Ratio Sex Ratio Sex
1 46-N ARPATGANJ 155677 136542 10 877 156336 137370 10 879 158294 139851 10 883
2 47- RANIGANJ 152662 137162 15 898 155028 139851 16 902 156985 142068 16 905
3 48- FORBESGANJ 161607 141817 8 878 163504 143997 8 881 165025 145556 9 882 921
4 49- ARARIA 150622 133885 7 889 152196 135808 10 892 152990 136766 10 894
5 50- JOKIHAT 141308 123386 11 873 142355 124053 14 871 144176 126225 14 875
6 51- SIKTI 138835 125075 5 901 140067 126214 6 901 141645 127820 8 902
District Total :- 921 900711 797867 56 5316 909486 807293 64 5326 919115 818286 67 5341
Format – 2 B
Total Population (Projected Electors as per Final Roll w.r.t Ratio of Electors to Sl. Name & 2018) 01.01.2018 as a qualifying date Population No No of AC Male Female Total Male Female Other Total Male Female Total
1 46- NARPATGANJ 319795 292897 612692 158294 139851 10 298155 0.49 0.48 0.49
2 47- RANIGANJ 311080 284913 595993 156985 142068 16 299069 0.50 0.50 0.50
3 48- FORBESGANJ 313349 286997 600346 165025 145556 9 310590 0.53 0.51 0.52
4 49- ARARIA 298052 272985 571037 152990 136766 10 289766 0.51 0.50 0.51
5 50- JOKIHAT 286177 262109 548286 144176 126225 14 270415 0.50 0.48 0.49
6 51- SIKTI 280433 256847 537280 141645 127820 8 269473 0.51 0.50 0.50
District Total :- 1808886 1656748 3465634 919115 818286 67 1737468 3.04 0.49 0.50
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Format – 3 B
Name of District :- ARARIA Year of Revision 01.01.2018
District Population in numbers (Projected upto the year of current revision) [x] 3465634
District Population of 18+ only (Projected upto year of current revision) [y] 1783624
Projected Census % age of (2) to Electors as per currently %age of (4) to ‘y’ % age of (4) to ‘x’ Population in age cohort ‘x’ i.e. total proposed final Roll w.r.t. i.e. registered Age Cohort i.e. total Population (Projected upto the year Population as 01.01.2018 as qualifying voters vs eligible as per voter roll of current revision 2018) per census date voters.
1 2 3 4 5 6
18-19 270486 2.03 12894 0.37 0.72
20-29 581199 16.77 430963 12.44 24.16
30-39 391770 11.30 461313 13.31 25.86
40-49 332380 9.59 363290 10.48 20.37
50-59 215395 6.22 235869 6.81 13.22
60-69 129184 3.73 140058 4.04 7.85
70-79 45448 1.31 61909 1.79 3.47
80+ 17762 0.51 31172 0.90 1.75
Dist Total 1983624 51.46 1737468 50.14 97.4
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Format – 4 B
as as as
date 8 s in Final in Final s
admitted admitted moto Deletion Deletion moto in Form 6 in Form Roll w.r.t. w.r.t. Roll w.r.t. Roll Number of of Number of Number - of Number
Name & Total Claims Claims Total 01.01.201 01.01.2018 Sl. Electors in last last in Electors qualifying qualifying date qualifying Total Deletions Deletions Total % Change over over % Change Net change over over change Net Deletions Due Due to Deletions Published Draft Draft Published Elector pulication of roll of pulication No of AC Objections Total Objections Total publication of of roll publication 7 Form in Lodged of roll publication to last subsequent of roll publication Suo roll Final previous roll Final previuos subsenquent to last to subsenquent Total claims lodged lodged claims Total
No to last subsequently to last subsequently
) ) - - d (+/ (+/ Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Shifted Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Expired Repeate
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 46- NARPATGANJ 156336 137370 10 2619 3048 0 2544 2964 0 598 492 0 586 483 0 0 0 0 586 483 0 750 128 114 158294 139851 10 4439 1.49
2 47- RANIGANJ 155028 139851 16 2500 2693 0 2287 2489 0 337 283 0 330 272 0 0 0 0 330 272 0 408 107 59 156985 142068 16 4174 1.40
3 48- FORBESGANJ 163504 143997 8 1858 1829 1 1857 1829 1 413 326 0 336 270 0 0 0 0 336 270 0 302 126 78 165025 145556 9 3081 0.99
4 49- ARARIA 152196 135808 10 1615 1838 1 1503 1788 0 780 871 0 709 830 0 0 0 0 709 830 0 727 541 162 152990 136766 10 1752 0.60
5 50- JOKIHAT 142355 124053 14 2647 2924 0 2460 2794 0 1163 1056 0 639 622 0 0 0 0 639 622 0 621 281 282 144176 126225 14 3993 1.48
1.18 6 51- SIKTI 140067 126214 6 2952 2923 2 2922 2888 2 1349 1285 0 1344 1282 0 0 0 0 1344 1282 0 1048 1185 309 141645 127820 8 3186
District Total :- 909486 807293 64 14191 15255 4 13573 14752 3 4640 4313 0 3944 3759 0 0 0 0 3944 3759 0 3856 2368 1004 919115 818286 67 20625 7.14
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Format – 5 B
% of Total Photos Non Photo % of Non Total EPIC Residual Electors Latest %age of EPIC Sl. No & Name of AC Total Electors Residual in the Roll Entries Photo Entries holders (without EPIC) coverage against roll No Electors 1 2
1 46- NARPATGANJ 298155 298155 0 0.000 298155 0 0.00 100.00
2 47- RANIGANJ 299069 299069 0 0.000 299069 0 0.00 100.00
3 48- FORBESGANJ 310590 310590 0 0.000 310590 0 0.00 100.00
4 49- ARARIA 289766 289766 0 0.000 289766 0 0.00 100.00
5 50- JOKIHAT 270415 270415 0 0.000 270415 0 0.00 100.00
6 51- SIKTI 269473 269473 0 0.000 269473 0 0.00 100.00
District Total :- 1737468 1737468 0 0.000 1737468 0 0.00 100.00
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Format – 5 C
PS with PS with PS with % of Non- PS with <50% PS with >60%<70% PS with >90% Sl. No & Name of AC >50%<60% Photo >70%<80% Photo >80%<90% Photo Photo Photo elector Photo elector Photo elector No elector elector elector Electors
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 46- NARPATGANJ 0 0 0 0 237 0.000
2 47- RANIGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 248 0.000
3 48- FORBESGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 279 0.000
4 49- ARARIA 0 0 0 0 0 253 0.000
5 50- JOKIHAT 0 0 0 0 0 222 0.000
6 51- SIKTI 0 0 0 0 0 231 0.000
District Total :- 0 0 0 0 0 1470 0.000
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Format – 5 D
PS with PS with PS with PS with % of No & Name of PS with PS with >90% Sl. >50%<60% >60%<70% >70%<80% >80%<90% Residual AC <50% EPIC EPIC No EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC Electors
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 46- NARPATGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 237 00.00
2 47- RANIGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 248 00.00
3 48- FORBESGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 279 00.00
4 49- ARARIA 0 0 0 0 0 253 00.00
5 50- JOKIHAT 0 0 0 0 0 222 00.00
6 51- SIKTI 0 0 0 0 0 231 00.00
District Total :- 0 0 0 0 0 1470 00.00
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Format-6
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Assembly Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Portable Total Sl and No. Booth PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Booth Location 1 46-NARPATGANJ 383 26 85 21 27 2 1 0 162
2 47-RANIGANJ(SC) 382 44 70 31 21 3 1 0 170
3 48-FORBESGANJ 376 25 64 24 24 6 3 1 1 147
4 49-ARARIA 339 40 69 23 18 4 0 0 5 154
5 50-JOKIHAT 331 35 83 20 16 0 1 0 155
6 51-SIKTY 332 43 91 15 13 2 0 0 2 164 Total 2143 213 462 134 119 17 6 1 8 952 Page No :- 26 of 47
Format – 7
Service Voters as on De-Novo Date Enrolled Service Voter According to Service Voter Portal
Total
Service
No & Name of Voters in Sl. AC proposed No added added Voters proxy)
oyed outside outside oyed Final Roll country the Unionthe (Voter with with (Voter No. of CSVs CSVs No. of outside state state outside 3 Form thru '14 Form 2 Recd 2 Form Recd 3 Form States posted States posted Person Govt. Total Service Total Service Names added added Names added Names thru Form 2A Form thru Form 2A Recd 2A Form Armed force of of force Armed Of which CSVs CSVs Of which Names added in in added Names 11+12+13) (Col. roll thru Form 2 Form thru roll Armed Forces of of Forces Armed Total SVs added Total SVs empl
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 46- NARPATGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 ------230 0 230
2 47- RANIGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 ------58 0 58
3 48- FORBESGANJ 0 0 0 0 0 ------181 0 181
4 49- ARARIA 0 0 0 0 0 ------77 0 77
5 50- JOKIHAT 0 0 0 0 0 ------26 0 26
6 51- SIKTI 0 0 0 0 0 ------27 0 27
District Total :- 0 0 0 0 0 ------599 0 599 Page No :- 27 of 47
Format – 8
7
per per
Suo-motu Deleted Deleted through Form 7 Notice Notice e Issued issued on issued on No & Name of Sl. Form 7 Form 7 AC No against against Total Against Against Total entire family entire Against Against column 6 column 7 motu Notice Issued Issued Notice motu Notic motu last publication last - -
against column 6 column against 7 column against (Col. column column (Col. as qualifying date date as qualifying column 8 column 9 Of column 5, shifted shifted 5, column Of Total Electors as Electors Total without entire family family entire without
Electors found shifted shifted found Electors 10+11) 13 14 15+16) suo suo during BLO survey since since survey BLO during Of column 5, shifted with shifted 5, Of column Final roll w.r.t. 01.01.201 w.r.t. roll Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 46- NARPATGANJ 298155 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 128
2 47- RANIGANJ 299069 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 107 107
3 48- FORBESGANJ 310590 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 126 126
4 49- ARARIA 289766 541 0 541 0 0 0 0 0 0 541 0 541 541
5 50- JOKIHAT 270415 281 0 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 281 0 281 281
6 51- SIKTI 269473 1185 0 1185 0 0 0 0 0 0 1185 0 1185 1185
District Total :- 1737468 2368 0 2368 0 0 0 0 0 0 2368 0 2368 2368
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Polling Station Details
Sl. Name & Main Polling Auxiliary Total Total PS Total Voter No No of AC Station Polling Station Building
1 2 5 6 7 8 9
1 46-Narpatganj 237 146 383 162 298155
2 47-Raniganj(SC) 248 134 382 170 299069
3 48-Forbesganj 279 97 376 147 310590
4 49-Araria 253 86 339 154 289766
5 50-Jokihat 222 109 331 155 270415
6 51-Sikti 231 101 332 164 269473
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Vulnerability Mapping
As per direction of Election Commission of India areas and voters segments vulnerable to threat and intimidation are identified. Other criteria include distance, voter turnout, previous election incidents etc. Accordingly force deployment and other preventive actions will be done in these villages. This exercise was jointly done by S.D.M. and S.D.P.O. in different constituencies and accordingly mapped as vulnerable hamlets and locations as follows.
Vulnerable hamlets mapping in District Araria No. of Vulnerable Sl No. of Polling No. of Vulnerable Voters Identified No. of Critical A.C. No. & name No Stations Polling Stations in these Polling Polling Stations Stations 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 46-Narpatganj 237 94 4293 -
2 47-Raniganj(SC) 248 132 4720 -
3 48-Forbesganj 279 75 3491 -
4 49-Araria 253 90 1480 -
5 50-Jokihat 222 59 2270 -
6 51-Sikti 231 120 4432 -
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Vulnerable Clusters and Polling Stations mapping
Sl A.C. No Police Station Stations (above10) 75%voters in favor in favor 75%voters Clusters /village Clusters of one candidate No.of P.S. where No.of P.S. election has been election been has No. of Vulnerable Vulnerable No. of violence in the last in the violence with missing Voters with missing reported RO,ARO & & RO,ARO reported No. of Critical Polling Polling Critical No. of No. of Polling Stations Polling No. of Stations Polling No. of No. of Polling stations Polling No. stations of without family linkage linkage without family where % Poll recorded Poll % recorded where malpractice or electoral electoral or malpractice than than more than 75 % & more %more & more75 than No. of Vulnerable Polling Polling Vulnerable No. of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 46-Narpatganj 237 86 94 4293
47- 2 248 88 132 4720 Raniganj(SC)
3 48-Forbesganj 279 106 75 3491
4 49-Araria 253 105 90 1480
5 50-Jokihat 222 70 59 2270
6 51-Sikti 231 227 120 4432
LOGISTICS PLANNING
Database, of all eligible personnel has been done in electronic format, which can facilitate computerized randomization. All relevant particulars like name, sex, place (constituency) of residence, work place, home constituency, designation, office and department have been entered. The database contains all the State Govt. and Central Govt. employees including teachers. The State Govt. employees can be employed as polling personnel. The Central Govt. employees including PSUs and Banks, etc. has been fed to be utilized as Micro Observers etc. Presiding Officers and Polling Officers have been classified on the basis of pay scale and their post and rank. The database has 14411 personels which is sufficient to manage elections internally. Data base information is detailed as follows:- Page No :- 31 of 47
Required Polling Personnels Information
Polling Stations No. of Presiding 20%Reserve Total No. Polling VVPAT
Grand A.C.No.&Name Officers d Pr. Pr. Officer Officers Polling Total required Officer Required required Officer Aux Main Total (I,II,III) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
46-Narpatganj 237 146 383 383 76 459 1377 383 2219
47-Raniganj(SC) 248 134 382 382 76 458 1374 382 2214 279 97 376 48-Forbesganj 376 75 451 1353 376 2180 253 86 339 49-Araria 339 67 406 1218 339 1963
50-Jokihat 222 109 331 331 67 398 1194 331 1923
51-Sikti 231 101 332 332 67 399 1197 332 1928
Requirement of Vehicle
Mini Total no. of A.C.No.&Name Bus Tractor Bus / LMV Jeep Vehicle required Truck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
46-Narpatganj 32 287 19 48 60 446
47-Raniganj(SC) 32 286 21 48 64 451
48-Forbesganj 32 286 24 54 68 464
49-Araria 32 286 23 54 68 463
50-Jokihat 32 284 14 38 58 426
51-Sikti 36 285 09 38 56 424
Total 196 1714 110 280 374 2674
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Communication Plan
Polling Stations
No of A.C. No. SL. vehicle No of non vehicle
& No. accessible accessible ps contact Name station
PS contact no Substituted Substituted Main Total No of ps with with of No ps Total Polling Auxiliary No of ps without without ps of No for management contact phone no contact phone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 46-Narpatganj 237 237 146 383 383 Nil 383 0 N/A 2 47-Raniganj(SC) 248 248 134 382 382 Nil 382 0 N/A
3 48-Forbesganj 279 279 97 376 376 Nil 376 0 N/A 4 49-Araria 253 253 86 339 339 Nil 339 0 N/A
5 50-Jokihat 222 222 109 331 331 Nil 331 0 N/A 6 51-Sikti 231 231 101 332 332 Nil 332 0 N/A
ZONAL/SECTOR MAGISTRATE PLANNING
District Araria is divided into 30 Zones and 151 Sectors for Parliamentary Election - 2018. AC wise detailed Information is given below-
Sl.No. A.C. Name Total No. of Zone Total No. of Sector 1 46-Narpatganj 6 21 2 47-Raniganj(SC) 4 27 3 48-Forbesganj 6 26 4 49-Araria 5 24 5 50-Jokihat 3 28 6 51-Sikti 6 25 30 151
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FORMATION OF POLLING PARTIES Personnel cell shall be responsible for drafting of Presiding and Polling Officers. Lists of employees from various State Govt / Central Govt./ PSUs / Boards etc. has been collected. Polling teams shall be form by computerized randomization of personnel’s as per ECI’s guidelines. The availability of personnel drafted/enlisted so far for 2143 polling stations is as:- Presiding 1st Polling 2nd Polling 3rd / 4th Polling Total Officers Officers Officers Officers 2671 2703 2752 2642 10768
Employee list for Other’s
Zonal Magistrate 44
Micro Observer 199
Sector Magistrate 154
Patrolling Magistrate 650
Person for VVPAT 2592
TRAINING FOR POLLING PERSONNEL TRAINING Training shall be imparted to all personnel. For imparting training, the Personnel Cell shall also train up Master Trainers and Zonal Officers who would also act as Master Trainers. The training of the polling personnel is proposed to be carried out in two rounds. The details of the same are given below-
TRAINING FOR FIRST ROUND SL. NAME OF TRAINEES DATE NO.
1 Training of first round of presiding officers 15-02-2018 & 17-02-2018 15-02-2018, 16-02-2018 & 2 Training of first round of first polling officers 18-02-2018
3 Training of first round of second polling officers 15-02-2018 & 18-02-2018
4 Training of first round of third polling officers 17-02-2018
5 Training of Other’s (PCCP,Micor Observer,Sector 16-02-2018 to 17-02-2018 Officer,Zonal Officer) Page No :- 34 of 47
6 Pink Booth Personnel 18-02-2018 to 20-02-2018
Page No :- 35 of 47 POLLING MATERIALS All required material would be procured locally except the items directly provided by the Election Commission. Among the polling materials, special attention would be given to EVMs, ballot papers (for tendered ballot) and the marked copies of the electoral roll. Indelible ink, strip seal, paper seal, arrow cross mark, metal seal etc. would be supplied by office of the CEO, while the remaining items shall be procured locally by tender committee observing all the required formalities and handed over to Material Cell for distribution to polling parties. BALLOT PAPERS The number of ballot papers required for all the 06 ACs would be around 12858. One Assistant Returning Officer will be entrusted at the appropriate time to collect the ballot papers from the Saraswati Press Kolkata. Sorting and scrutiny of ballot papers will take place on receipt under his supervision after which the same shall be stored appropriately. On the day of EVM sealing, the ballot papers would be handed over to the I/C, EVM Cell for preparation of EVMs and also to I/C Material Cell for packing the same P.S. wise (for tendered ballots). Total number of Service Voter is 599, to whom postal ballots will dispatched online within 48 hours by registered post. A separate cell is formed to supervise the whole exercise.
EVMS The number of EVMs available is 2529 CU, 5477 BU & 2923 VVPAT out of these, 2143 nos units of EVMs and VVPAT will be required to be distributed to the PCC party one day before the date of poll. The remaining shall be used carrying by the Zonal / Sector Magistrates on the day of the poll and for training and EVM awareness generation purposes. EVMs details as below- EVM Requirement Total Requirement of EVMs A.C. No. No. of & Requirement of EVMs 10% reserve Total Name Polling Stations BU CU VVPAT BU CU VVPAT BU CU VVPAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 46-Narpatganj 383 383 383 383 154 115 77 537 498 460
47-Raniganj(SC) 382 382 382 382 153 115 77 535 497 459
48-Forbesganj 376 376 376 376 151 113 76 527 489 452
49-Araria 339 339 339 339 136 102 69 475 441 408
50-Jokihat 331 331 331 331 133 99 67 464 430 398
51-Sikti 332 332 332 332 133 100 67 465 432 399 2143 2143 2143 860 644 433 3003 2787 2576 Total :- 2143
Page No :- 36 of 47 PREPARATION OF EVMS
Upon receipt of ballot papers, the EVMs would be set by the EVM Cell in the presence of the representatives of political parties etc as prescribed. Special training will be imparted to those involved in EVM sealing. Concerned ARO shall also be involved in the process. The EVMs shall be kept in the strong rooms after preparation at RO level. This is expected to be done in the 1st week of March-2018. These EVMs would be issued for polling and after receipt shall be kept again in the Strong Rooms.
MARKED COPY OF ELECTORAL ROLL Electoral roll with 10/01/2018 as the qualifying date will be used for the ensuing election. The Material Cell will ensure preparation 4 (four) sets of marked copies of electoral rolls per polling station. Three copies shall be handed over to the polling parties, while one copy shall be kept reserved.
DESPATCH AND RECEIPT OF POLLING MATERIALS All the polling parties shall be dispatched on 9th March 2018. At first, all polling personnel would report at their respective Assembly Constituency/ related Block Headquarter(AC-46 Narpatganj Block, 47-Raniganj(SC) Raniganj Block, AC-48 Forbesganj Block, AC-49 Araria Block, AC-50 Jokihat Block and AC-51 Sikti Block) and shall dispatch from there to different polling stations accordingly by respective BDOs. The receipt of polling materials parties shall be done at the same venue from which they were dispatched. Payment of remuneration at the prescribed rates will be made to the polling personnel through Bank RTGS. Material Cell at Block Levels would do the distribution and receipt of polling materials. Consequent upon receipt of EVMs and specified materials from the receipt counters, the sealed EVMs along with Form No 17C, paper seal a/c covers will be safely stored in serially numbered earmarked spaces in the strong room. Strong Room Cell shall ensure floor marking etc in advance to streamline the proper storage of sealed EVMs AC wise. Immediately after all the EVMs are received and stored, the strong room will be locked and sealed as per procedure. The Officer in Charge, Strong Room Cell will ensure this. The Special attention shall have to be given for checking of Presiding officer’s Diary, Part I of Account of Votes Recorded in Form 17C, voter turn-out figures in PS 05 and any other document required to be checked as per ECI instructions. Only after satisfactory verification of the above, would the Presiding Officer be relieved. It should be endeavoured to ensure quick receipt of materials, checking etc so that the tired polling parties are relieved as early as possible. For this purpose, adequate number of receipt counters and adequate number of well trained personnel for checking of documents shall be deployed.
Page No :- 37 of 47 Movement plan – Before commencement of polls Polling parties and the security persons will be dispatched from concerned distribution centers and sufficient vehicles have been arranged for their dispatch. Security cover for dispatching and receiving polled election materials are being arranged. Movement of the polling parties from respective distribution centers to the concerned polling stations will take place on the before day of polling. In cases where the buses are not having road access it will be connected by SUV so as to reach them at the door step of the polling location. The transportation vehicles will halt at the last destination by dropping all the polling personnel. The return journey of the vehicle will be from the last halt point and scheduled in such a way that the last dropped will be alighted at first. Vehicles will be guarded by the Armed Police through its scheduled journey. Details of Distributions Center from where the polling parties will be dispatched are shown below.
Polling Parties
Sl. AC No. and Name Place Of Dispatch Date and Time Place Of Receive No.
Narpatganj Block 09-03-2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 1 46-Narpatganj Headquater 10:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Raniganj Block 09-03-2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 2 47-Raniganj(SC) Headquater 10:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Forbesganj Block 09-03-2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 3 48-Forbesganj Headquater 10:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Ararai Block 09-03-2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 4 49-Araria Headquater 10:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Jokihat Block 09-03-2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 5 50-Jokihat Headquater 10:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Sikti Block 09-03-2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 6 51-Sikti Headquter 10:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Page No :- 38 of 47 Polling Date & Time
Date Time Place 1 2 3 All Polling Stations approved From 11-03-2018 From 8:00 am to 06:00 pm ECI
PCC Party Movement Plan
Sl. Name And Number Of Date Time Place No. Assembly Constituency 1 2 3 4 5 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 46-Narpatganj 1 10.03.2018 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria Krishi Utpadan Bazar 47-Raniganj(SC) 10.03.2018 2 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria Krishi Utpadan Bazar 48-Forbesganj 10.03.2018 3 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria 10.03.2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 49-Araria From 9:00:00 AM 4 Samiti, Araria 10.03.2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 50-Jokihat From 9:00:00 AM 5 Samiti, Araria Krishi Utpadan Bazar 51-Sikti 10.03.2018 6 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria
Distribution of Electronic Voting Machines & Important Articles
Sl. Name And Number Of Date Time Place No. Assembly Constituency 1 2 3 4 5 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 46-Narpatganj 1 10.03.2018 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria Krishi Utpadan Bazar 47-Raniganj(SC) 10.03.2018 2 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria 10.03.2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 48-Forbesganj From 9:00:00 AM 3 Samiti, Araria 10.03.2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 49-Araria 4 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria 10.03.2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 50-Jokihat 5 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria 10.03.2018 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 51-Sikti 6 From 9:00:00 AM Samiti, Araria
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Programme to submit the sealed EVMS after Polling
Date Time Place 1 2 3 Krishi Utpadan Bazar 11.03.2018 After Poll Samiti, Araria
Basic Minimum Facilities (BMF) available of polling Station
Sl. Name of No. of No. of Polling Stations having No Assembly polling . Constituenc station Separat Only Ramp Drinkin Electricit Furnitur Toilet Waiting y s e one facilit g water y facility e facility facilit room/s entranc door for y facility y haded e and entranc area exit for e and voters exit
1 46 383 383 383 383 383 383 383 383 383
2 47 382 382 382 382 382 382 382 382 382
3 48 376 376 376 376 376 376 376 376 376
4 49 339 339 339 339 339 339 339 339 339
5 50 331 331 331 331 331 331 331 331 331
6 51 332 332 332 332 332 332 332 332 332
Total 2143 2143 2143 2143 2143 2143 2143 2143 2143
Executive Engineer PHED/Electricity, BDOs and other officers concerned have been directed to insure basic minimum facilities at rest of the polling stations. Page No :- 40 of 47
CPMF / Police Force Deployment
District Deployment plan will be prepared & finalized a week before the day of Poll taking into account the CPMFs and other Forces being made available from state pool the district and the available forces with the district, So that all the polling stations are covered with adequate static forces consulting with Observer. Particular attention should be paid to deploy CPMFs in Constituencies and polling station identified as vulnerable and hyper sensitive. Among other the following will be consider as guiding factors for deployment of forces:- (1) Past history of polling Station. (2) Incidents of Booth Capturing, Violence Large Scale impersonation etc. (3) Information about abnormal Law & Order situation in particular area. (4) Specific complaints maid by political parties and candidates (5) Nature of contest (6) Political rivalries (7) No of history sheeter & absconders (8) No of SC & ST Voters etc.
For stayal of CPMF
Residential locations have already been identified and other basic facilities have been provided as per guide line of ECI. A special cell for their vehicle management has been established at Krishi Utpadan Bazar Samiti, Araria which will function round o’clock.
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Counting Plan
Krishi Utpadan Bazar Samiti, Araria is selected for vote counting purpose for all the 6 assembly constituencies of district. A separate vote counting hall and strong room is identified for each assembly constituency. 14 counting tables and one table for returning officer will be established in every vote counting room. Adequate barricades, lighting, sound system will be arranged for vote counting rooms and surrounding area. Counting of votes is scheduled to take place at respective counting centers from 14th March 2018 at 8.00 am onwards. There will be 14 tables for every LA segment and each table containing two persons (1 counting supervisor & 1 assistant) in addition to the Static Observers. Counting will be taken place in the presence of Observers. During the previous Assembly election number of officers drafted for counting duty was about now the expected number of official is about . Officers from the Central & State government will be deployed for the purpose. This may be subjected to change as per the decision of the Observers. Infrastructure and logistics arrangements (refreshment, stationary, Counting Hall arrangements and communication facilities) will be made in due course. Arrangements will be made for issuing passes for accredited media persons. Sufficient security will be arranged for counting stations. Arrangements are made for online updating of data from the counting centers to the Election Commission website. Polled voting machines will be stored in the strong rooms constructed in Krishi Utpadan Bazar Samiti, Araria for this purpose. The strong room will house only the polled EVMs and the election papers connected with the current election. There will be a separate Counting Hall for each of the six Assembly Constituencies, namely 46-Narpatganj,47- Raniganj(SC),48-Forbesganj, 49-Araria, 50-Jokihat & 51-Sikti. There will be 14 (fourteen) counting tables. Proposed layout of counting hall is as follows:- Page No :- 42 of 47
Seating Arrangement for Counting Agents Entry for Counting Agents
Counting Counting Table Table
Counting Counting Table Table
Counting Counting Table Table
Counting Counting Table Table
Counting Counting Table Table Counting Hall
Counting Counting Table Table
Counting Counting Table Table
ARO
Computer Table Table Entry for ARO & Counting Personnel Page No :- 43 of 47
Appointment of Counting Personnel Sufficient officers have been earmarked for appointment as Counting Supervisors and Counting Assistants. One Counting Supervisor and one Counting Assistant per table and sufficient Group D staff to carry the voting machines to and from the counting tables will be deployed. Intensive training of counting personnel will be given in time.
Security Arrangements A three-tier cordoning system will be set up in counting center to prevent the entry of unauthorized persons inside the counting centre. No counting agent without proper identity card having the photograph, duly displayed on its person, will be allowed to cross the first cordon of the counting centre. The identity of all candidates, their election agents and of all the counting staff will also be thoroughly verified with reference to their identity cards at the first cordon. The first cordon will be set up at the main entrance to the office building. A metal detector will be installed at this location. CPMF personnel from the day of poll till the sealing of the voting machines and election papers are completed after counting of votes.
Deployment of CPMF at Counting Hall/ Strong Room One Company of CPMF will guard the Strong Room/Counting Hall round the clock w.e.f. 11 March 2018 till the completion of counting and final announcement of the election result. The Force will remain in position till withdrawal order is given.
Barricading of counting tables A Barricading about five feet high made of strong yet transparent material, such as wire mash will be put up around the counting table and the counting personnel. One entrance will made for taking in and bringing out the voting machines. The door of the entrance is proposed to be lockable only from the inside by the counting supervisors.
Communication facilities within the Counting Hall Telephone line with STD facility will be placed at the ROs table. One telephone line with STD facility and fax machine will be placed in the Observer's room. One telephone line with STD facility and fax machine will be placed at the data manager table adjacent to the RO's table. Page No :- 44 of 47
Room for the Observer inside the Counting Center
A separate room with tables and chairs, a telephone with STD and a fax, Computer Set with operator will be provided inside the counting center for the use of the Observers. The communication facilities will be reserved for the exclusive use of the Observers for their communication with the Commission.
Data Management
The Data Management Cell will be located adjacent to the Returning Officer's table. Five Computers, Printer, UPS, Telephone attached with a Fax Machine, Internet with High Speed Data card and sufficient stationary will be provided. The following Officers and staff will maintain the Data Management Cell- 1. Shri Vikash Kumar, D.I.O. N.I.C. Araria 2. Shri Krishnendu Karmkar, IT Manager, Araria. 3. Shri Sunny Kumar, Ex.Asst. Kurshakanta Block. 4. Shri Alok Kumar, Ex. Asst, Bihar Bhawan Koshan, Araria.
Seating arrangements for counting agents
Counting agents will be seated in the following order- 1) Candidates of National Recognized Political Parties 2) Candidates of Recognized State Parties 3) Candidates of Recognized State Parties of other state who have been permitted to use their reserved symbols in the Constituency. 4) Candidates of recognized- unregistered Political Parties. 5) Independent Candidates. Counting agents will be seated out side the barricades which enclose the counting personnel and the counting tables, in such a way that they have a clear view of the counting process but are not in a position to reach out and handle the control unit.
Number of counting agents
Each candidate will be allowed to appoint as many counting agents there are counting tables and one more to watch the count at the Returning Officer's Table.
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Sequence of counting
Firstly, all persons who are allowed to enter in the counting hall will be given adequate warning about maintaining secrecy of votes as provided under Section 128 of the representation of the people act 1951. The postal ballots received in time will be counted first at the RO's table and the particulars will be entered in the working sheets Constituency wise and Candidate wise. Male and female voters will be indicated as these particulars will be required for entry in the Index Card later. While the postal ballot paper of constituency are being counted, the control unit of the electronic voting machine of the constituency will be distributed to the 14 (fourteen) counting table in serial order of the polling station.
Media Centre
The media centre is proposed to be set up at the counting center. A television, Telephones intercom and internet facilities will be provided at the media centre. The result of each round of counting will be announced by the officer in charge in media center.
Entry into counting hall & maintenance of discipline
No person other than those mentioned under Rule 53 (1) of the conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 will be allowed inside the counting hall. Only the following persons can be allowed inside the counting hall- (1) Counting supervisors and counting assistants, (2) Persons authorized by the Election Commission. (3) Public servants on duty in connection with the election; and (4) Candidates, their election agents and counting agents. However, entry of persons other than officials engaged in the counting of votes will be regulated by the Returning Officer in such a manner as may be required for maintaining discipline in the counting hall. Smoking, carrying of cellular phones, cordless phones and wireless sets will not be allowed inside the counting hall. There will be arrangement for videography as per the direction of election commission.
Refreshments
Adequate refreshments will be provided for all counting personnel, security personal, media persons, officers and staff on duty on the day of counting. Sufficient number of staff will be in-charge of provision of refreshment.
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Fire Tender
The services of the Bihar Fire Service will be requisition to keep watch over any event of fire in and around the counting centre.
Medical Duty
The services of the health department will be requisition to be on medical duty at the counting center on the day of counting.
SVEEP MANAGEMENT
A.Youth components - I. Registration and "Stop complaining and start voting" campaign. II. Collaboration with organizations in NYK, NSS, NCC. III. Netizen - Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites. IV. Various participatory activities like rangoli, kite flying, candle marches and human chain.
B. Female components - I. Involment of Asha, Aaganwadi and ANM worker and collaboration with women and child department II. Displaying posters and banners at maternity wards, labour rooms, fairs and festivals. C. Urban components - I. Distplaying posters, banners and hoardings at prominent places. II. Sticker on buses, autos and ATMs III. Throug social networking site and SMSs IV. Meeting with private organization and industries. V. Collaboration with private media. VI. Collaboration with societies/NGOS Page No :- 47 of 47
D. General components - I. Collaboration with civil societies/NGOs II. Distribution of Voter slips III. Voter help lines. IV. Visiting of critical and vulnerable booths by Sector Magistrates. V. Media Management. VI. Flex, Banner, Poster, Stiker etc. VII. NUKKAR NATAK VIII. Awareness Vehical IX. Post Office – Awareness Stamp X. LPG Ditributor’s – Awareness Stamp XI. Dr.’s Prescription - Awareness Stamp