Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: ‘No violation of rules on strong room premises in Kozhikode’
The Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala found no rule violations regarding the opening of a polling material room in Kozhikode. The returning officer for Perambra Assembly constituency opened the room where EVMs for eight segments were stored, but the action was deemed compliant. The presence of another returning officer near the strongroom on a later day was also determined to be legal.
- ▪The Chief Electoral Officer concluded there was no violation of rules in the opening of the polling material room in Kozhikode.
- ▪The room at JDT Islam Education Complex stores EVMs for eight Assembly segments in Kozhikode district.
- ▪The returning officer for Koyilandy Assembly constituency was present near the strongroom on a subsequent day, which was also found to be legal.
- ▪District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh, also the District Election Officer, disclosed the findings at a press conference on May 2.
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The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Kerala, is reported to have concluded that there had been no violation of rules over the recent opening of a polling material room by the returning officer (RO) for the Perambra Assembly constituency at the JDT Islam Education Complex, where electronic voting machines (EVMs) for eight segments in Kozhikode district are kept. The CEO has also found that the presence of the RO for the Koyilandy Assembly constituency near the strongroom on a subsequent day, too, was not illegal.This was revealed by District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh, who is also the District Election Officer, at a press conference here on Saturday (May 2).
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