Lok Sabha elections 2024: The most unusual polling stations in India
Voting is everyone's right, and the Election Commission ensures it for all by establishing polling stations even in the most difficult locations. Here are some we know of
The polling station in Nongriat village, located in the jungle at the southern end of the East Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya, is one of the most serene, challenging, remote, and unmotorable polling stations in the country.
To get here, one must first climb two steep mountains, then cross a steel bridge and two small 'living root' bridges before descending 3,600 steep steps.
Tashigang, in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti valley, is India's highest polling station, located only 29 kilometres from the Chinese border.
Located at a height of 15,256 feet in the Mandi parliamentary constituency, the polling station had a 100 per cent turnout in 2019.
Previously, the highest polling station in the country was located in Sikkim, at an elevation of 14,400 feet in the Lahaul-Spiti district.
A polling station in Chettialathoor, Kerala, has been built within a wildlife sanctuary.
A polling booth will serve only one voter in a remote hamlet in Malogam, Arunachal Pradesh, and on the scattered islands of Dumbur Lake, Tripura.
A polling station has also been set up in a shipping container in Gujarat’s Aliabet.
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