In a first in the history of Andhra Pradesh, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will webcast the voting in nearly 65% of the polling stations in the State which will go to polls on May 13.
“Hundred per cent webcasting will be ensured in 14 of the 175 Assembly constituencies, apart from the deployment of additional Central armed forces this time,” Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena to the media at the Secretariat on May 2 (Thursday), adding that the decisions were taken to prevent any mismanagement at the booths on the polling day.
Of the total 46,389 polling stations set up in the State, 12,438 have been identified as “critical” and webcasting has been proposed at 29,897 polling stations, 64.45% of the total, he said.
