Key Takeaways
- 2.03 cr eligible voters will be able to exercise their right to vote in the Haryana Assembly election on October 1.
- The Haryana Chief Electoral Officer has announced that 20,629 polling booths will be set up across the state for the election.
- The final voter list will be published on August 27, and young individuals who turned 18 by July 1 can still register to vote.
Chandigarh: A total of 2,03,27,631 voters are eligible to elect 90 new legislators for the Haryana Assembly on October 1, Haryana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pankaj Agarwal said on Wednesday.
The official notification for the election will be issued on September 5, and 20,629 polling booths will be set up for voting across the state.
Sharing details of the schedule, Agarwal said that nomination papers can be filed till September 12. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on September 13, and candidates can withdraw their nominations till September 16. Counting of votes will take place on October 4.
He said out of the 90 Assembly constituencies, 17 are reserved.
He also said that the final voter list will be published on August 27.
If the names of young individuals, who turned 18 by July 1, are not on the voter list they should contact their respective BLO and complete the necessary form to get their vote registered, the CEO said.
The last date to receive applications for voter registration is September 2.
He stated that 2,03,27,631 voters in the state will be able to exercise their right to vote. Out of these, 1,08,19,021 are male, 95,08,155 are female, and 455 are third-gender voters. There are 4,82,896 young voters in the 18 to 19 age group.
Agarwal said there will be 20,629 polling booths in the state, of which 7,132 will be in urban areas and 13,497 in rural areas. These polling booths will be set up at 10,495 locations across the state.
