Gurugram, Lok Sabha Elections A total of 21 thousand 728 voters in Gurugram district are above 85 years of age. For the convenience of these elderly and disabled people, voting will be done through ballot paper. Also, special pink booths will be made for women voters during the Lok Sabha elections. Only women employees and women security personnel will be deployed at these booths.
Gurugram news: During the Lok Sabha elections-2024, special pink booths will be made for women voters in Gurugram district. Apart from this, disabled people and elderly voters will also be provided the facility to vote through ballot paper. In this election, full care will be taken for the convenience of the voters.
Where will the pink booths be built?
District Election Officer and DC Nishant Kumar Yadav said that pink booths will be built in the district while respecting women power. Only women employees and women security personnel will be deployed at these booths. He said that these booths will be made so that women also come out of their homes to cast their vote and exercise their franchise in their own favorable environment. Places are currently being identified for setting up pink booths in the district.
He said that similarly, for the convenience of the elderly aged 85 years and above and physically disabled people, voting will be done through ballot paper. Those elderly and disabled voters who do not want to go to the booth and cast their vote, will be given Form 12D from door to door after the election notification is issued. This notification will be released on April 29 and the nomination process for the Lok Sabha elections will start from this day.
There are 21 thousand 728 elderly people in the district.
DC said that in Form 12D, the voter will write whether he would like to vote at the booth or through ballot paper. The nomination process will be completed on May 6. After that these forms will be collected from the homes of elderly and disabled voters. Voters who wish to vote from home will be distributed ballot papers and election staff will mark and seal their ballot papers on the same day.
The voter’s right to privacy will be maintained in this process. Nishant Kumar Yadav said that a total of 21 thousand 728 voters in the district are above 85 years of age. Among these, there are 4583 voters in Pataudi assembly constituency, 6927 in Badshahpur, 6194 in Gurugram and 4024 in Sohna constituency. Disabled voters are being counted. Volunteers will assist the elderly and disabled who come to the booth to cast their votes.
