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Ahead of the October 15 Assembly elections, the total number of voters in the state has gone up by 28.29 lakh since the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year following the revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission of India.
The total number of electors across the state’s 288 Assembly constituencies now stands at 8.33 crore, of which 4.40 crore are men and 3.93 crore are women. Another 1,391 voters fall under the “others” category. There will be a total of 91,427 polling stations, of which about 3,900 have been tentatively identified as sensitive polling stations.
Addressing a press conference in the city on Tuesday, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said, “This is our second visit to Maharashtra to review arrangements. Parties have expressed concerns about issues such as voters’ slips not reaching economically backward regions and the possibility of cash and liquor being distributed. We have issued instructions to start distribution of voter ID slips well in time. The distribution has already started in 240 Assembly constituencies.” Sampath said that Rs 7.38 crore in cash has been seized so far in the state.
The CEC said the ECI has also been attempting to keep a tab on campaigning through social media by making it mandatory for candidates to disclose their social media accounts in the affidavit.
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