Nagpur: With the Election Commission announcing dates of Lok Sabha elections, the model code of conduct has come into force. Polling in Nagpur and Ramtek constituencies will be held on April 19. The 10 Parliamentary constituencies in Vidarbha will go to polls on April 19 and April 26.
In Nagpur 22,18,259 voters and 20,45,717 voters in Ramtek will cast their vote. Of the total voters in Nagpur the number of male voters are 11,10,840 and the female voters are 11,07,197. In Ramtek, 10,43,266 are male voters while 10,02,396 voters are female. The district has 276 registered voters from the transgender community, a 2.5 times increase as compared to 2019 when there were 109 voters from the community.
VOTERS IN NAGPUR
Constituency Voters
South West Nagpur 3,72,647
South Nagpur 3,68,959
East Nagpur 3,84,089
Central Nagpur 3,13,048
West Nagpur 3,61,288
North Nagpur 3,99,497
Total 21,99,528
VOTERS IN RAMTEK
Constituency Voters
Katol 2,72,647
Saoner 3,13,195
Hingna 4,20,302
Umred 2,93,372
Kamptee 4,60,260
Ramtek 2,74,301
Total 20,34,077
4,510 polling stations in Nagpur and Ramtek
A Total of 2,105 polling stations will be set up in 6 Assembly constituencies of Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency and 2, 405 polling stations will be set up in 6 Assembly constituencies of Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency. Strong room and vote counting arrangements for both these constituencies will be made at Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Kalamna. A total of 7, 573 officers and employees have been appointed to carry out all these election systems. Necessary manpower has been made available in the police department to conduct the elections peacefully.
According to Dr Vipin Itankar, District Collector, said, the notification regarding elections in Nagpur and Ramtek Lok Sabha constituencies will be issued on March 20. Candidates have to file nominations by March 27. Scrutiny of nominations will be held on March 28 with March 30 being the last date of withdrawal of nominations. On April 19 people will cast their votes, and counting will be held on June 4, 2024.
After the issuance of notification on March20, candidates will get only seven days to file nominations. Of the seven days, three are holidays — Holi on March 25, second Saturday and Sunday on March 23 and March 24 respectively. Considering only four working days, the administration has appealed to the candidates to file their nominations as early as possible.
Change in postal ballot system
This time a change has been made in the process of casting vote through postal ballot. Till last elections people who were not able to come to their respective polling centres, used to send their ballot papers through post. This time Government has set up facilitation centres where these people have to go and submit the ballot papers.
