The first round of the training for the polling personnel who would be deployed in the upcoming general election in Tamenglong and Noney districts was conducted on Wednesday at Tamenglong district headquarters.
The training programme which will continue till January 22 was conducted at Tamenglong Headquarters Multi-purpose Hall, Mini Stadium, Indoor stadium, Apollo Bazar and Badminton Court, DC Bungalow.
The training session includes audio-visual demonstration on the duties of the polling personnel and hands-on training on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The training also gives special focus on how to use the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) that will be used in all the polling booths.
Three Assembly Segments ( 52-Tamei/Tousem assembly constituency, 53-Tamenglong assembly constituency and 54-Nungba assembly constituency) within Tamenglong and Noney districts will go on polls in the first phase on February 27.
Altogether, 223 male presiding officers, 51 female presiding officers, 679 male polling officers and 153 female polling officers were listed for the three-day training programme.
DEO Tamenglong also constituted the District Medical Board to examine applications for exemption from election duty on medical grounds.
The total numbers of electors in these three assembly constituencies are 1,03,433, where male electors stand at 50,270 and female voters stand at 5,3,163, whereas the total number of polling stands within the two districts is 209.
Valid voter ID cards and vaccination certificates were also checked before entering the training programme and those polling personnel who are yet to get a second dose were vaccinated by the Medical department present during the training session.
The training was conducted with strict COVID guidelines issued by the government.
