Foreign delegations from various election management bodies will visit Assam for two days from April 8 in connection with the forthcoming assembly polls in the state.
The visiting team will comprise representatives from several countries, including Angola, Bhutan, Egypt, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Benin, and Croatia, an official release said on Saturday.
Elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on April 9. Votes will be counted on May 4.
The initiative under the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP) aims to provide an opportunity to observers from abroad to witness and understand India’s electoral processes first-hand, it said.
On April 8, the delegates will participate in briefings by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), and visit dispatch centres and control rooms to observe the poll preparedness at the field level.
They will visit multiple polling stations in some Assam districts on April 9 to observe voting procedures, security arrangements and use of election technologies, the release said.
The programme is designed to showcase the scale, transparency, and robustness of India’s electoral process, while fostering international cooperation and the exchange of best practices in election management, it added.
