Overview
- Mandatory two-phase staff training starts December 29, with the BMC warning of criminal action for absentees under State Election Commission directives.
- A master trainers programme in Byculla has concluded, covering EVM handling and security, mock polls, voter verification, sealing procedures, and counting-day duties.
- The city lists about 1.034 crore voters across 227 prabhags after a door-to-door check that confirmed roughly 1.68 lakh genuine duplicate entries from 11.01 lakh suspects.
- The polling network rises by about 189 booths from the Assembly polls, with around 700 stations inside housing societies and an average of roughly 1,000 voters per booth.
- Some briefings cite 10,231 stations and around 64,375 personnel to be trained, indicating minor variance in reported logistics, with counting slated for January 16.