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Earlier, Chockalingam said that astir 69,23,199 voters person been added to Maharashtra's voters database truthful far. (File Photo)
Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer connected Wednesday said that giving communal overtones to voting patterns by utilizing presumption similar “vote-jihad” volition beryllium dealt with wrong the ineligible framework.
“The exemplary codification of behaviour came into unit yesterday. If immoderate leaders thin to usage it (such terms), we volition not spare anyone. If we person immoderate complaint, we volition cheque it wrong the ineligible model and taxable our study accordingly,” said authorities Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam.
He was addressing a property conference, a time aft the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a single-phase Assembly polls successful Maharashtra connected November 20.
BJP person and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had 2 weeks agone blamed “vote jihad” for the BJP’s mediocre amusement successful the authorities during the Lok Sabha polls.
Chockalingam besides said that his bureau would cheque whether the authorities had released immoderate authorities resolutions aft the implementation of the exemplary codification of conduct.
“If specified authorities resolutions are inactive being released, enactment volition beryllium taken nether the stipulated norms,” helium said.
Earlier, Chockalingam said that astir 69,23,199 voters person been added to Maharashtra’s voters database truthful far.
As per the updated voters database determination are 9,63,69,410 voters compared to 8,94,46,211 voters during the 2019 Assembly election. Of these, 4,97,40,302 are antheral and 4,66,23,077 female.
The fig of voters from the property radical of 18-19 years is 20,93,206 and those supra 85 years are 12,43,192 and arsenic galore arsenic 47,716 are centenarians, said Chockalingam. The voters’ registration volition instrumentality spot up to October 19.
He said that the fig of polling stations has accrued to 1,00,186 against 96,653 polling stations successful the 2019 assembly election.
Of these polling stations, 42,604 are successful municipality areas and 57,582 successful agrarian areas.
“A polling booth mostly has 1,500 voters, but if determination are much voters, further booths would beryllium acceptable up,” helium said.
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