Nagpur: Women voters can become a crucial factor in the result of upcoming Assembly elections in the district as around 58% of new voters who were registered after the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections are women.
Interestingly, the State Government has been actively promoting and implementing ‘ Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana’, a monthly money transfer scheme targeted towards women.
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As per the data released by the district authorities, the total number of registered voters in the district as of October 15 has reached 44,94,784 from 42,72,366 registered voters on March 27 before Lok Sabha elections. Out of 2,22,418 new voters registered during this period, 1,29,782 are women making 58.30% of new registered voters. The trend is constant in rural as well as urban areas.
In six constituencies of Nagpur city, 82,872 new registered voters are women out of 1,42,717, which makes them 58.06% of the total. In other six constituencies in the district, 46,910 women voters have registered out of 79,710 new voters, contributing 58.86% of new registered voters. The enthusiasm among women to register themselves as voters indicates the growing awareness to make themselves heard at the policy level. With more and more women now stepping out of traditional roles, the election outcome is going to be definitely interesting. However, only the final result will tell whether the women voting did make or mar the winning trend.
The administration will set up a total of 2,158 polling stations in six Assembly constituencies in the city. Nagpur (North) constituency will feature the most number of polling stations with 407 while Nagpur (Central) will have the lowest with 308. Whereas Kamptee constituency has the highest number of polling stations in the district with 524
Voters urged to check their names in electoral list:
Dr Vipin Itankar, District Collector and District Election Officer appealed the voters to check their names in the electoral list beforehand to avoid chaos witnessed during recent Lok Sabha elections where many voters complained about absence of their names from the voting list. He also informed that the citizens who want to vote in upcoming elections can still register before October 19, as it takes at least ten days to process and add names to the electoral list. October 29 is the last date of adding names to the electoral list.
