May 24, 2024, Chandigarh – Haryana Chief Electoral Officer, Sh. Anurag Aggarwal said that a total of 45,576 EVMs (ballot units) will be used in the state for the Lok Sabha general elections and the by-election of Karnal Assembly constituency. Along with this, 24,039 control units and 26,040 VVPAT machines will be used. In VVPAT, the voter can see the vote given by him.
- 20,031 polling stations have been set up in the state
- 91 counting centers have been set up at 44 locations
He informed that a total of 20,031 polling stations have been set up in the state. These include 19,812 permanent and 219 auxiliary polling stations. 5,470 polling stations have been set up in urban areas and 14,342 polling stations have been set up in rural areas. He informed that 176 model polling stations have been established. There are 99 polling stations which will be operated entirely by women staff. Apart from this, 96 polling stations manned by youth employees, and 71 polling stations manned by Person with Disability (PwD) employees. All basic facilities and other necessary arrangements have been made in view of the heat wave in all the polling stations. Also, 91 counting centers have been set up at a total of 44 locations in the state.
Total 2,00,76,768 registered voters in the state
Aggarwal said that there are a total of 2,00,76,768 registered voters in the state, which includes 1,06,52,345 men, 94,23,956 women and 467 transgender voters. Apart from this, there are 762 overseas voters. He said that a total of 2,63,887 voters in the state are above 85 years of age. Apart from this, there are 1,50,277 PwD voters and 1,11,143 service voters.
Home voting is almost 92 percent complete
The Chief Electoral Officer said that for the convenience of voters above 85 years of age and PwD voters in the state, a provision has been made to cast their vote from home. For this, the department employees get the consent of the voter by filling 12D form. 9024 Form 12D have been approved by the returning officers. Out of these, 8324 i.e. about 92 percent voters cast their vote and department employees collected their postal ballots.
Marriage like invitations are being sent to voters urging them to vote
Anurag Aggarwal said that this time a unique initiative has been taken to increase the voting percentage, under which invitation letters are being sent to the voters like a marriage. About 50 lakh invitation cards have been printed. BLOs are giving this invitation letter to every family along with the voter slip. Voting will take place on May 25 from 7 am to 6 pm, he said.
