Keeping “goons and lumpens” in check, AI-powered cameras, high-scale seizures, and confidence-building measures for voters are some of the measures that the Election Commission (EC) says it took to ensure a largely violence-free Assembly election in West Bengal. According to EC, four to five key factors helped the poll body conduct incident-free polls. First, the poll panel says it took measures two days before polling to “instill fear among goons” who had resorted to violence in previous elections. At the same time, administrative measures were taken to build confidence among voters. A senior EC official said two days before polling, the EC was able to “overpower anti-social elements” with the help of the Central forces. “The state police placed some of these people under preventive arrest and the ones who were not, were issued stern warnings. They were told that the EC this time has a strict zero-tolerance policy towards violence,” the official saod.…