Himalayan Times (1951)

'iituutlauuit iT t:if

Registered No. C3032

A Voter's Cuide To The General Election

C'wtiwi'fl from paijf ft 1

(2) The Jorebunglow Constituency which
const-it of (lip .lorebunglow, the SnUl»in|►**kliii and
the Kangli Kangliot Polh'e Statin)!* of the S(,lar
Subdivision.

f'\) The KaliMpOng Constituency whirl) com
prises of the. whole of Ksfaappng Sub-division
that is to say, of tlio IfaHnpflng and the (Joru-
hatliun Police Stations.

(4) The Kurseong-Siliguri Constituemy which
c'nn prises of the Kurst-ong. anil trie Sihiiuri Sub-
divisions, that in to *ay, of the Kursrong. the Mink,
the Sili^tiri, the Khuriban an i the I'liariti lewa
Police St it ion*.

Polling will take plant* on different days in
difierent MIM. In the Siliuuri Sub-di vision the
polling day is Thursday, the 3rd .lauar.v Ifta.V
III the Kuraeong Sub diviai n the polling day is
Sunday, the ttth January. In the Darjee;in£
Constituency (wiling will be on We Inesday, the
ftth Jannuai i, and in the •lorebunglow Const it&eey
it will lie on Saturday the 12th January. Polling
take* place last of all in the' Kaliraiwng Cons-
tituency, where it Will be on Tuesday, the loth
January MM.

In each area (Killing for slsftlujis to the
House ut the I '■ ■ :■ and the West Itenyal 1st*
j-islatu e Ao-enibly will take place on the Mine
•lay, hi mentioned alove.

No*, M Ut the time of th- polling, on tach
day potting will *>tatt at K o'eloek m th. nionnn^
and i-ontiiiiie till 12 noon. Then th.-ie i- an
hour's hreak. Pulling starts again at I p. m.
ami contnium till ft p. in. When it h -aid (hat
I'olhig will i .n'inue till 5 p. in., what it meant
is this. Aft 3 t» I" the entrance to the Outer

Knchisiire of the Polling station will he closed,
and no mm will be allowed to COeje into th>-
Outer Ktielosure hut those who arc aln-adv within

the OutiT Knelosure at ,"» p. in. and haW not
Voted vet, will be allowed to vote.

And, here, onu thing i* very important
iudeed. Vote early in the day, as early as you
can. Coine to the Polling Station at K a. in.
or as soon as [■■-.!■■ afterwards ai you can.
Finish your voting, go home, have your hmrh
or your midday meal, ami then have your rest,
or do y» nr work or amuse yourself. If you
NU late in the day. there will be * great crowd
in the Outer r mlosure «-)>> n the gate is closed
at B p. m. an.l it will be wry Ute in the
evening bef-re e Very one ha- finished Voting. It
will b< esld in the evening and you will be be*
nighisl on \ our way ha k home. Titer, f,. , vote
early in the-day. It will he convenient to you
tj do *>o. It will help UbB candidates, their Polling
Agents, the Presiding Officers, and the Pobi.ig
Of lie era and many other |* »ple.

Now that you knov exactly on what dav
and when you will vote, you will ask where? That
dep.iid* on where exactly you live. There will be
|U Polling Stations in the di,tr»t, and delind
an'as have been at:ached to each Pol.ing Station.
Tl,e li-t of Htilling Station* with area* attached
to eicli w ill be ;>uh!ished in the coin Me of a
f. w days. The list of Polling Sutious with the
atta.'hed areas mill he published in the notiiv
boaids of all the im|mrtRiit (Government Offices
in ihe district.

VoU must also kr.ow how n an> Votes you have.
That depends oi the nunder oi uicmb.r.-. lobe
flee -*d from th.- Comtitueny to whieh you belong.

So far »s elections to the House of the
People are c->nc'iiied everyone in this district
1 ehmgs to the same Parliamentaty Con-tiluem-y,
uaine.y, the Worth bengal Par.iamenrary Cousli*
llieucy. Three imiuiliers are lo lie eleet, d I rum
this Constituency. Kach Voter, therefore, has
three Vote lor the Hou.-e of the People.

( To be ' o ■ ' ■'.■'* I

Editor 8. C« Jain. Printed & published by liitn for Himalayan Industrial & Trading
t 'orj oration Ltd. ut the Himalayan Printing Works. Kaiimpoa ■