Officials assess preparations for vote in Northeast Teachers’ District

North Eastern District Regional Commissioner and Teacher Returning Officer Zaheera Naseem reviews the electoral arrangements for the Legislative Council elections through video conferencing in Kalaburagi on Thursday. | Photo credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Kalaburagi Division Regional Commissioner and Returning Officer for North East Teaching District Zaheera Naseem on Thursday reviewed the preparations for the Legislative Council elections, including the progress of distribution of election materials in the seven wards in the constituency.

Ms. Naseem and election observer KB Shivakumar held a video conference with the district election officers of seven districts and directed them to complete all arrangements in time for Friday’s polls.

Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m

Ms. Naseem instructed the officials to ensure that polling starts at the scheduled time without delay and that the polling staff gets all the necessary forms, envelopes, stationery and other election materials.

It also ordered them to report voter turnout every two hours on election day.

She asked officials to organize shamans in polling booths where necessary and provide food and other basic facilities to polling staff.

Adequate police personnel should be deployed in sensitive, highly sensitive and other polling stations to ensure peaceful polling, she said.

The Returning Officer also directed the officials to ensure that the ballot boxes are taken to the designated vaults under tight security after the voting is over.

Mr. Shivakumar instructed the officials to be courteous to the voters and ensure that no untoward incidents take place in the polling booths.

He further asked the district election officials to ensure the distribution of election materials before voting and their systematic collection after voting.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Ikram Sharief, Deputy Commissioner (Development) Kalaburagi Municipal Corporation MK Pramila and Assistant Returning Officers from seven districts in the constituency.

Published – 22 Oct 2026 19:45 IST