The Election Commission today conducted a comprehensive training programme for all 294 Returning Officers for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections. The training was held simultaneously at divisional headquarters in Jalpaiguri, Malda, Presidency, Burdwan and Medinipur. The programme focused on strengthening preparedness to ensure the conduct of free, fair and transparent elections. During the training, National Level Master Trainers and senior Commission officials briefed the Returning Officers on all critical aspects of election management. These included the nomination process, scrutiny of nominations, provisions relating to qualifications and disqualifications, enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct, withdrawal of candidature, symbol allotment, poll-day arrangements and counting of votes. The Commission said that special emphasis was laid on transparency measures.