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112 polling stations in Sikkim 'sensitive' for panchayt polls

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Press Trust of India Gangtok
Last Updated : Feb 02 2013 | 6:49 PM IST

A total of 420 gram panchayat wards out of 987 are going to polls on November 3 and another 70 zilla panchayat constituencies out of 108 all over the state.

Three polling booths in South district have been categorised as "hypersensitive" and these are in Yangyang Yabrung, Namthang and Suntaley areas, the sources said.

In the East district, there are a total of 39 polling booths spread all over the district which have been declared sensitive out of a total of 260 polling stations here.

As many as 1,300 personnel have been engaged for poll duty on polling day with another around 520 security personnel at the polling booths.

The West district has the highest number of sensitive booths at 49 out of a total of 275 polling stations.

  

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First Published: Nov 02 2012 | 4:25 PM IST

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