Sonitpur (Assam) [India], Sonitpur District Election Office on Thursday dispatched polling parties to their respective polling stations for the first phase of elections. The first phase of voting will be held in five parliamentary constituencies - Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur and Kaziranga. Voting will be held on April 19 for Sonitpur parliamentary constituency, on Thursday the departure of polling parties along with security personnel started from Darrang College in Sonitpur district of Assam. There are more than 1800 polling stations in Sonitpur Lok Sabha seat. Kavita Kakati Konwar, Additional District Commissioner of Sonitpur district, told ANI that around 5000 polling personnel will be sent to 1100 polling stations and more than 10,000 polling personnel will be deployed for polling for Sonitpur Lok Sabha seat."All preparations have been done and we are fully prepared to conduct the elections. We have also set up model polling centres, there are around 15 women polling centres," said Kavita Kakati Konwar, contesting from Sonitpur Lok Sabha seat with Rs 16.25 lakh. More voters will exercise their franchise at 1878 polling stations, Anurag Goyal said on Wednesday, adding that all vehicles carrying EVMs will be equipped with GPS tracking devices and satellite phones will be made available in remote areas. Monitoring will be done by the CEO and Election Commission. We have also made satellite phones available in very inaccessible areas, "Dry day has been declared from 48 hours before the polling till the closing of the first phase and all government Paid holiday has been declared for the employees."Also, non-government private sector employees can also participate in this democratic celebration and cast their vote to elect a responsible government and fair elections, as observers have been placed in all the constituencies. "About 86.47 lakh voters. Will cast their votes at 10,001 polling stations. Campaigning for the first phase of voting ended at 5 pm on Wednesday. In the first phase, we have around 86.47 lakh voters, of which around 42,000 are voters in the 80+ age group.And 1500 are over 100 years of age. There are more than 58,000 PWD voters, of which around 13,000 are visually impaired and we have made special arrangements for Braille ballot papers,” Anurag Goyal said, adding, “The Assam election department has already distributed information guides to voters. , slips that will enable them to locate and reach the polling stations, 10,001 polling stations have been created, out of these 219 polling stations are critical, but we are making arrangements for webcasting by installing 11,000 cameras at about 5500 polling stations. This webcasting will be visible to District Election Officers, CEOs and Election Commission of India,” Anurag Goyal said.