Maharashtra Assembly polls: Number of registered voters in Mumbai up by 53k from LS polls

Mumbai municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, who is besides the territory predetermination officer, said that the medication was moving to curb the contented of municipality apathy and guarantee determination was maximum elector turnout connected the predetermination day.

“The contented of municipality apathy continues to beryllium a superior concern. We person carried retired aggravated campaigns to promote radical to travel retired and vote. We person besides accrued the full fig of polling stations successful high-rise buildings and astir 9% of the full polling booths person been acceptable up wrong compounds of residential buildings and highrises,” Gagrani said connected Monday.

“Various backstage stakeholders person besides participated successful the consciousness drive. Several edifice chains, retailers and multiplexes are offering discounts to consumers erstwhile they show their inked fingers. As a result, we are hopeful that these initiatives are going to play a role, by drafting much radical to vote,” helium added.

During the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, crowding and queues were recorded successful aggregate voting booths for prolonged periods. Keeping these situations successful mind, officials maintained that BMC and ECI person arranged sitting areas, mobile toilets and h2o dispensers to cater to voters.

“We volition beryllium providing door-step prime up and driblet facilities for specially-abled candidates and elder citizens,” Gagrani said. To guarantee instrumentality and bid situations are decently monitored, astir 25,000 officers volition beryllium deployed connected crushed connected predetermination day.

76 canvass stations identified arsenic captious booths

The ECI has identified 76 polling stations arsenic “critical”. Officials maintained that a polling presumption is identified arsenic captious if the elector turnout is little than 10% than the mean elector colonisation from that booth. Of the 76 locations identified, 13 are successful Mumbai metropolis and 63 are successful the suburban belt.

ECI information showed that retired of the full captious booths successful the land city, 9 of them are successful Colaba. In the suburban belt, 9 captious booths are successful Bandra (East), 7 are identified each successful Chandivali, and Dahisar, six person been identified successful Borivali and Vile Parle, portion 5 specified constituencies person been identified astatine Magathane, Charkop and Mankhurd (Shivaji Nagar).

“Labelling a polling presumption oregon booth arsenic ‘critical’ doesn’t mean doesn’t mean that determination is simply a instrumentality and bid issue. Any polling presumption which records 10% lesser elector turnout than the mean elector size oregon if we spot that much than 90% of votes are being directed to 1 azygous campaigner from immoderate booth, past it is recorded arsenic ‘critical booth’,” said an official.

BMC seizes Rs 340 cr amerciable freebies

Civic authorities person seized amerciable freebies worthy Rs 346.4 crore, which were being distributed by predetermination candidates among radical allegedly for gaining votes.
According to information shared by the BMC, jewellery and precious metals worthy Rs 244.97 crore were seized by the authorities, followed by drugs worthy Rs 48 crore, Rs 46 crore successful cash, Rs 1.22 crore of intoxicant and Rs 5 crore worthy of different freebies.

“Distribution of immoderate freebie is successful usurpation of the codification of behaviour and these items were confiscated wrong the past 1 period aft the Maharashtra Elections were announced by the ECI,” said an official.