A total of 127 squads have started functioning in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala to enforce the model code of conduct for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, District Collector Geromic George, who is also the District Election Officer, has said.
Addressing a press conference here on March 19 (Tuesday) on the election-related arrangements being made in the district, Mr. George said there will be 42 static surveillance teams, 42 flying squads, 15 anti-defacement squads, 14 video surveillance teams that will function on the ground, in addition to 14 video-viewing teams which will monitor the activities of the rest of the squads.
Across the two parliamentary constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram and Attingal, the district will have a total of 2,730 polling stations, with a maximum of 1,500 voters in each station. Auxiliary polling stations will be set up in areas where there are more than 1,500 voters. The district has a total of 27,22,108 voters, with 14,59,339 female voters, 12,17,709 male voters and 60 transgender voters. Compared to previous years, the number of differently abled voters has increased more than three-fold. The number of differently abled voters is 25,363. There are 31,534 voters aged above 85 and 23,039 young voters. The number of service voters is 8,422.
