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Bihar has become the first state in the country where all polling stations (PS) have less than 1,200 voters. 12,817 new polling stations have been added in Bihar to prevent long queues at polling stations. The Election Commission has recently carried out an exercise to shorten the queues of voters at polling stations on the day of voting. Under this, there is a provision to reduce the number of voters at each polling station from 1,500 to a maximum of 1,200.
According to the June 24 order of Bihar Voter List Revision (SIR), the earlier maximum limit of 1,500 voters at each polling station has now been reduced to 1,200 voters per polling station. After adding 12,817 new polling stations, the total number of polling stations in the state will increase from 77,895 to 90,712. This major achievement of Bihar is to be followed in other states and union territories as well.
12,817 new polling stations created
The Election Commission said that 12,817 new polling stations have been created in Bihar to avoid long queues of voters. It said that the total number of polling stations in the state has increased from 77,895 to 90,712. The Election Commission is working to ensure that as far as possible, voters do not have to travel more than 2 km to reach the polling stations. Polling stations have also been set up in high-rise buildings and societies to ensure maximum participation of voters in the elections.
Forms of 29.62 lakh voters not received
The Chief Executive Officer, District Chief Executive Officer, Election Officer and BLO held meetings with the representatives of all political parties and shared a detailed list of 29.62 lakh voters whose forms have not been received yet. Along with this, a list of 43.93 lakh voters was also shared who were not found at their addresses. All the 12 major political parties have also been requested to contact these remaining voters through their district presidents and about 1.5 lakh BLAs.
Objections can be lodged for adding, deleting, correction of names
This is to ensure that the entire election machinery, including political parties, works together in a mission mode, so that no eligible voter is left out from the draft voter list to be published on August 1. From August 1, any common man can file objections for adding, deleting and correcting someone’s name in the draft voter list as per the SIR order. A full month will be available for this.
Out of 7,89,69,844 voters in Bihar, 7,16,03,218 i.e. 90.67 percent counting forms have been received. Digital counting forms are 7,08,59,670 or 89.73 percent. While 43,92,864 or 5.56 percent voters were not found at their addresses, 16,55,407 or 2.1 percent voters were found dead. The number of permanently transferred voters so far is 19,75,231 or 2.5 percent. Voters enrolled at more than one place are 7,50,742 or 0.95 percent, while missing voters (electors whose whereabouts cannot be traced) are 11,484 or 0.01 percent. The total number of included voters is 7,59,96,082 or 96.23 percent. Now only the counting forms of 29,62,762 or 3.77 percent voters are yet to be received.
