At least one polling station in constituency to be managed exclusively by women: CEC

Jan 08, 2022

New Delhi, Jan 08 (ANI): While addressing a Press Conference ahead of Assemble elections in five states in India including Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra on January 08 said that the ECI has mandated that at least one polling station managed exclusively by women shall be set up in every Assembly constituency. “Our officers have identified much more than that. There're 690 Assembly seats but we are setting up 1,620 such polling booths. Senior citizens above 80 years of age, persons with disabilities and COVID-19 patients can vote by postal ballot,” Chandra added.