Yadgir district administration all set for free and fair elections

Yadgir district prepares for Lok Sabha and Assembly by-elections with strict Model Code of Conduct enforcement.

With the Election Commission of India announcing the dates for Lok Sabha elections and also byelections to some Assembly constituencies, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force in Yadgir district. And, the district administration is all set for conducting fair, free, proper and peaceful elections.

The byelections to the Shorapur Assembly constituency in the district will also be held along with the Lok Sabha elections on May 7.

Yadgir district, which has four Assembly segments in Gurmitkal, Yadgir, Shahapur and Shorapur, is part of two Lok Sabha constituencies. Gurmitkal falls under Gulbarga (SC) Lok Sabha constituency, while Yadgir, Shahapur and Shorapur come under Raichur (ST) Lok Sabha constituency, Deputy Commissioner B. Susheela has said.

Addressing a press conference in Yadgir on Sunday, Dr. Susheela said that Kalaburagi and Raichur Lok Sabha constituencies will go to the polls on May 7. And, preparations to hold peaceful, transparent and smooth elections are under way.

She added that the bypolls for Shorapur Assembly constituency will also be held along with the Lok Sabha polls on May 7, with the bypolls having been necessitated after the demise of MLA Raja Vankatappa Naik.

“Immediately after the declaration of the elections for the Lok Sabha, the Model Code of Conduct came into force on Saturday itself and it will end on June 6. We will give all instructions to officers on election duty to ensure effective implementation of the code in the district,” she said.

With four Assembly segments, a total of 1,134 polling stations have been established in the district. Out of 1,134 polling stations, 201 have been identified as critical and the remaining are normal.