By Priyanka Deshpande
CNBC-TV18.com
Published April 25, 2024
Polling for Phase-2 of the General Elections 2024 will be held on 26th of April, 2024 for 89 Parliamentary Constituencies in 13 States/ UTs.
Polling time extended till 6 pm in many polling stations in Banka, Madhepura, Khagaria and Munger constituencies in Bihar to facilitate voters in hot weather conditions.
Over 16 lakh Polling officials will welcome over 15.88 crore voters across 1.67 lakh polling stations
Voters include 8.08 crore male; 7.8 crore female and 5929 third gender electors.
34.8 lakh first time voters are registered to cast their votes. Additionally, there are 3.28 crore young voters in the age group 20-29 years.
1202 candidates (Males - 1098; Females-102; third gender – 02) are in the fray.
There are over 14.78 lakh registered 85+ years old voters, 42,226 voters above 100 years and 14.7 lakh PwD voters for phase 2 who have been provided the option to vote from the comfort of their homes.
3 Helicopters, 4 Special trains and nearly 80,000 vehicles have been deployed to ferry polling and security personnel.
251 Observers (89 General Observers, 53 Police Observers, 109 Expenditure Observers) have already reached their Constituencies days before the polls.
A total of 4,553 Flying Squads, 5,731 Static Surveillance Teams, 1,462 Video Surveillance Teams and 844 Video Viewing Teams are keeping surveillance round the clock to strictly and swiftly deal with any form of inducement of voters.
A total of 1,237 inter-state and 263 international Border check posts are keeping strict vigil on any illicit flow of liquor, drugs, cash and freebies. Strict surveillance has been kept at sea and air routes.
Around 4,195 Model polling stations are being set up across the 89 PCs with local themes. More than 4,100 Polling stations will be completely managed by women including security staff and at over 640 Polling stations by Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
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