For the primary time within the nation’s electoral historical past, all polling cubicles in an meeting constituency have been managed by all-women groups, the Election Fee (EC) mentioned on Friday. The panel was referring to the 201 cubicles in Raipur (North), the place polling was held within the second part of the Chhattisgarh meeting elections.
This has occurred for the primary time in any Meeting seat of the nation, the Fee mentioned and added that 1,046 ladies have been deployed within the 201 polling cubicles.
“These all-woman managed polling booths provided a sense of comfort and security to all voters, especially women and voters of the third gender for more inclusive elections,” the EC mentioned in an announcement.
Seventy Meeting seats in Chhattisgarh went to polls within the second part on Friday, whereas elections have been held in all of the 230 meeting seats in Madhya Pradesh. The primary part of polls in Chhattisgarh was held on November 7.
The Sonewani polling station in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat meeting seat registered a 100 per cent voter turnout with all 42 electors – 26 ladies and 16 males – casting their vote, the EC mentioned. A ballot panel functionary recalled the statements of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in Bhopal and Raipur urging all ladies, transgenders, individuals with incapacity, voters who’re 80 years and above and children to show up at polling stations to train their franchise and guarantee higher turnout from all sections of society.
Primarily based on an EC resolution that polling stations must be accessible for voters, 11 polling cubicles have been arrange within the Bharatpur-Sonhat meeting constituency in Chhattisgarh that had fewer than 100 voters.
“Sheradand, for example, had only five voters for whom a polling booth was set up. These booths are in remote and inaccessible locations where polling personnel had to traverse through dense vegetation and navigate difficult terrain to reach,” the Fee mentioned.
The EC mentioned it made concerted efforts to facilitate voting amongst members of tribal communities. This resulted in 100 per cent enrolment amongst the significantly susceptible tribal teams (PVTGs) residing in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
There have been greater than 7.52 lakh voters belonging to the PVTGs – Kamar, Bhunjia, Baiga, Pahadi Korwa, Abujhmadia, Birhor in Chhattisgarh, and Sahariya, Bhariya and Baiga in Madhya Pradesh.
“The Commission comprising CEC Kumar along with ECs Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel through constant monitoring and reviews ensured that voting is free, fair, inclusive and accessible for the vast electorate comprising a grand total of 7.23 crore voters in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh together,” it mentioned.