Polling officials astatine an EVM organisation centre successful New Delhi connected Tuesday, up of voting successful the Capital connected Wednesday. (Express photograph by Gajendra Yadav)
The signifier is acceptable for the high-stakes Assembly elections successful Delhi, with implicit 1.56 crore voters eligible to formed their ballots from 7 americium connected Wednesday. Voting volition instrumentality spot crossed 13,766 polling stations successful each the 70 Assembly constituencies to determine the fates of 699 candidates.
Urging eligible voters to ballot successful ample numbers, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R Alice Vaz said connected Tuesday, “To guarantee a creaseless and comfy voting experience, broad arrangements person been made astatine each polling stations nether the Assured Minimum Facility Policy. Proper arrangements for drinking water, toilets, wheelchairs, and ramps for the disabled are successful place. We purpose to supply each indispensable facilities truthful that voters look nary inconvenience astatine immoderate polling station.”
The CEO added that 13,766 polling stations person been acceptable up crossed Delhi, each of which volition beryllium intimately monitored by the bureau of the CEO and territory predetermination officers done webcasting. Also, each constituency volition person 1 polling presumption each managed by lone women and persons with disabilities. Besides, 70 polling stations volition beryllium specially acceptable up to promote younker information and engagement successful the electoral process.
Further, to power the assemblage extracurricular each polling station, the Delhi CEO, for the first, has developed an AI-based Queue Management System app ‘Delhi Election – 2025 QMS’, done which voters tin show real-time footfall astatine polling stations and program their sojourn accordingly to debar agelong queues. The app is disposable connected Google Play store.
To guarantee a creaseless voting experience, aesculapian teams volition beryllium deployed astatine each polling presumption for emergencies. Colour-coded polling stations volition assistance voters easy find their designated booth, with the assigned colour mentioned successful the Voter Information Slip, reducing disorder connected predetermination day, said officials.
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