Zaidi and a host of officials discussed the arrangements made for the smooth conduct of elections through a video-conference facility from New Delhi, official sources said.
The CEC held consultations with Lakhoni and other officials including DGP (Elections) KP Maghendran.
Meanwhile, as part of encouraging ethical voting the Election Commission led by Lakhoni and a host of officials took the ethical voting pledge.
The Commission has been campaigning hard for encouraging voters to take up the pledge and members from various public and private sector agencies took part in the pledge, they said.