The election dates for 15th Lok Sabha have been announced. True to it being the best democracy in the World, here are some highlights of the election.
- When India elects a new parliament in April-May, one polling station in Gujarat will have just one voter. Chief Election Commissioner N. Goapalswami told reporters that this will be located in Junagadh district in Gir forests, home to the Asiatic lion.
- There will also be one polling station for two voters in Chhattisgarh, and three stations in Arunachal Pradesh will have three electors each.
- The commision also said that 40 lakh civil staff and 21 lakh paramilitary forces will be requisitioned to conduct the polls.
- Photo electoral rolls have been made compulsary in these polls. Photo electoral rolls will be used for the first time
in 522 out of the 543 constituencies. The forthcoming polls will have 8,28,408 polling stations which will require 11 lakh electronic voting machines.71.4 crore will be the number of eligible voters, an increase of 4.3 crore over the 2004 figure of 67.1 crore. - "All candidates will be required to file two affidavits along with their nomination papers. One affidavit will pertain to information on the criminal antecedents of the candidate and the second affidavit will pertain to assets including moveable and immovable assets of the candidate and his family including the assets owned by the candidate's spouse and dependents," Gopalaswamy said in a statement. The returning officers have been asked to display copies of these affidavits on notice boards and make the information available to the public.
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