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ECI reviews Assembly poll preparedness in western UP

Meerut, Nov 2 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday began reviewing Uttar Pradesh's preparedness for the 2027 Assembly elections, starting with 18 districts spread across four divisions in western Uttar Pradesh.
The review meeting was held in Meerut in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Manish Garg and other senior ECI officials. The meeting focused on election preparations in the Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad and Aligarh divisions.
The meeting began at around 11 am at the Energy Building of the Western Power Distribution Corporation on Jail Chungi Road in Meerut's Saket locality.
During the review, ECI officials assessed compliance with the Commission's earlier directions, including the purification of electoral rolls and the transfer of officials who have completed three years or more in their current postings.
The 18 districts covered under the review were Meerut, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Amroha, Bijnor, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Aligarh, Etah, Hathras and Kasganj.
Divisional commissioners, police commissioners, inspector generals and deputy inspector generals of police, district election officers (DEOs), district magistrates, senior superintendents of police and superintendents of police attended the meeting.
Officials also made presentations on the progress of election preparations and administrative arrangements in their respective divisions and districts.
The ECI team reviewed several key aspects of election preparedness, including manpower and vehicle availability, electoral rolls, electronic voting machines (EVMs), identification of vulnerable polling stations, appointment of nodal officers and the progress of voter awareness programmes.
The ECI team will subsequently review preparations in the remaining divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh in the coming days as part of its assessment ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
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