The total number of youth voters in the country is 19.74 crore.
The Election Commission is announcing the dates of Lok Sabha elections today. While announcing the dates for 543 Lok Sabha seats, the Election Commission said that this time there are 97 crore registered voters and there are a total of 10.5 lakh polling stations. During this, the Election Commission also told that the total youth voters in the country are 19.74 crore. Not only this, out of total 97 crore voters across the country, 49.7 crore are male voters and 47.1 crore are female voters. In the press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar also told that 1.8 crore youth will vote for the first time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Look at these figures of voters
The Election Commission also said that this time the number of voters above 85 years of age is 82 lakh. Whereas the number of female voters in the age group of 18 to 19 years is 85.3 lakh and the number of voters in the age group of 20 to 29 years is 19.74 crore. Not only this, there are 48 thousand transgender voters in this election. There are 88.4 lakh physically handicapped voters. There are 19.1 lakh working voters and 2.18 lakh voters are central employees.
Elderly people will be able to vote from home
The Chief Election Commissioner said that violence has no place in elections. To avoid this, we will deal with it strictly and a control room has been set up in every district. CEC said that there will be facility to vote from home for voters above 85 years of age. During this, he said that if there is a case of distribution of money anywhere, then take photographs and send it to the Election Commission. The Election Commission will solve the problem by sending a team within 100 minutes. Not only this, anyone who turns 18 years of age by April 1, 2024 will be able to vote in this election.
Solid preparation of Election Commission
During the press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that 1.5 crore people will play their role in conducting this election. 10.5 lakh polling stations have been set up across the country and 55 lakh EVM machines will be used. Not only this, 4 lakh vehicles have been kept for the convenience of election workers. The Election Commission said that all the facilities like drinking water, toilets, ramps, wheelchairs, help desk, voter facilitation centre, shades and adequate lighting will be provided to the voters at the booth.
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