Gangtok, April 10 (IPR): Continuing the electoral process, the second day of postal ballot voting process for government employees on election duty at all three Facilitation Centres in Gangtok district saw a total of 926 voter turnouts today.
With participation from Polling personnel, Sikkim Armed Police and District Police at their respective centres, the cumulative vote cast in Gangtok district over the course of two days is 1658.
Facilitation Centres have been set up at DIET College, Burtuk for Polling personnel , GMC Futsal Arena, Deorali for District Police and Paljor Stadium for Sikkim Armed Police.
After receiving the postal ballot boxes, they were sealed in the strong room at DIET College in the presence of representatives of various political parties/candidates under the supervision of Mr Tushar G Nikhare, District Election Officer Gangtok-cum-District Collector, Gangtok.
The postal ballot voting process for government employees engaged in election duty under various categories will continue till April 14.
The Auditorium Hall, DIET College (FC I) will continue to facilitate postal ballot casting for Polling personnel till April 12.
The GMC Futsal Arena (FC II) will facilitate postal ballot casting for officials other than Polling personnel from April 12-15 in Hall-1.
Additionally, postal ballot voting for Absentee Voters on Essential Services (AVES) will take place from April 11-12 in Hall 2 of GMC Futsal Arena, Deorali (FC II) from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Meanwhile, Paljor Stadium, Upper Sichey (FC III) will continue to facilitate postal ballot casting from April 9-12 for Sikkim Armed Police. From April 13-14, the Stadium will cater to Police personnel from Police Headquarters for postal ballot casting.
