EC provides facility to voters above 80 years of age to vote from home

In Madhya Pradesh, even though the due date for voting is 17th November, the process of voting has already started. About 5 lakh people would have already cast their vote before voting in the state.

Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan informed that the Election Commission has provided the facility to voters above 80 years of age and those with more than 40 percent Divyanga to vote from home in the assembly elections. Similarly, service voters have also got the facility to cast their vote before voting.

     

The number of voters



above 80 years of age in Madhya Pradesh is about six and a half lakh. Among them, more than five thousand are above 100 years of age. The number of Divyanga voters is also more than 5 lakh. Along with 75 thousand service voters, there are also four and a half lakh employees who are on duty in election work.

In Madhya Pradesh, more than 1 lakh 13 thousand elderly voters and Divyanga people have availed the facility of voting from home. Teams of Election Commission are conducting door-to-door voting these days.