Ernakulam set for by-poll
Kochi, Nov 6 : As many as 1,43,091 people will exercise their franchise to elect a new representative from the Ernakulam Constituency to the Kerala Assembly in the by-election tomorrow.
The polling will start at 0800 hrs and end at 1700 hrs to elect one from among the 15 candidates who are in the fray for the by-poll.
Out of the total voters, 70, 852 are male, denoting female voters outnumbered male voters by 1,387.
The district authorities had informed that all arrangements have been put in place for a smooth polling.
Exactly 137 polling stations are there for the election with 18 booths are termed as 'critical' and 14 as 'sensitive'.
The constituency is facing a three-cornered contest among CPI (M) Left Democratic Front (LDF) Candidate P N Seenulal, Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Candidate Dominic Presentation and BJP's Sobha Surendran.
The constituency is going to the polls along with Kannur and Alappuzha.
The by-elections were necessitated as MLAs from these constituencies were elected to the Lok Sabha in the last Parliamentary Elections.
--UNI
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