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Describe the duties of area magistrate in elections. |
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Answer» Duties of Area Magistrate : In elections, the District Magistrate appoints area magistrate. He is responsible to maintain law and order in his designated area from the date of his appointment to the next day to the completion of the voting process. He visits the sites frequently on the day of voting. Besides maintaining law and order at the polling centres/stations, he also ensures availability of basic amenities, resolution to any doubts in respect of election process, being raised by voting parties, provisioning of additional mandatory voting staff. He also works as a friend and patron to the voting groups or parties. |
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