South Goa District Electoral Officer Egna Cleetus chairing a meeting with representatives of political parties and officials on the rationalisation of polling stations in South Goa district. Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
South Goa District Electoral Officer EgnaCleetus, IAS, on Wednesday convened a meeting with representatives ofrecognised political parties to discuss the rationalisation of polling stationsas part of the Special Summary Revision (SSR) of the Photo Electoral Roll, withJanuary 1, 2027, as the qualifying date.
The meeting was convened in pursuance of theschedule and guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.
During the meeting, proposals received from theElectoral Registration Officers (EROs) of the 21-Ponda, 24-Mormugao,26-Dabolim, 31-Margao and 32-Benaulim Assembly constituencies were placed forconsideration. After due deliberation, the proposals for the rationalisation ofpolling stations were accepted, with a view to ensuring convenient access forvoters and facilitating the smooth conduct of the electoral process.
The representatives of recognised politicalparties were given an opportunity to offer their suggestions and views on theproposals. The District Electoral Officer, South Goa, emphasised the importanceof carrying out the rationalisation exercise in accordance with the guidelinesof the Election Commission of India, while ensuring voter convenience and theeffective management of polling stations.
Representatives of the Congress and GoaForward Party, Altinho Gomes and Durgadas Kamat, respectively, who attended themeeting, told the media that the election officials had briefed them on theexercise to rationalise the polling stations.
District Electoral Officer Egna Cleetus latertold the media that, based on the report submitted by the Returning Officer,Mormugao, two polling stations in the constituency, each with 250 voters, wouldbe combined into one polling station. Similarly, she said the polling stationsat Dabolim and Ponda, which were shifted to make way for renovation, wouldreturn to government-owned premises.
She further said that the nomenclature of somepolling stations had been changed in accordance with the reports submitted bythe Returning Officers of the respective constituencies.
