175 Assembly seats, 25 Lok Sabha seats to go for voting tomorrow for AP elections

Mukesh Kumar Meena, theAndhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Sunday said that 1.6 lakh new Electronic Voting Machines at 46,389 polling stations for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state.

In a release issued by him, Meena said, “Initially, it was estimated that 1.45 lakh EVMs would be sufficient for 46,165 polling stations. However, the addition of 224 auxiliary polling stations necessitated the procurement of another 15,000 EVMs." Additionally, another 20 per cent more EVMs have been kept ready, he said. 

Emphasising its effort to boost polling percentage, Meena stated that the Election Commission is striving to increase the polling



percentage in the southern state to 83 per cent, compared to the 79.83 per cent registered during the 2019 polls. He further requested the voters of Andhra Pradesh to come forward and exercise their franchise, a right that is enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

The total number of eligible voters in Andhra Pradesh with a balanced gender-wise participation. While there are 2.02 crore male voters, the count of female voters is 2.1 crore. The state also has a registered third gender voter count of 3,421. There are 68,185 service electors in the state.

Notably Andhra pradesh has 25 Lok Sabha seats and 175 Assembly seats. The polling in Andhra Pradesh is slated for the fourth phase on May 13.