12 Polling booth of Nagpur and Ramtek loksabha will be managed exclusively by women personnel on polling day on April 19. Election-related officials and staff from polling station incharge to polling officer in the polling station will be women.
Women’s polling stations are generally established in those polling stations where the number of women voters is higher than men voters. The purpose behind the creation of these centers is that as many women as possible participate in the electoral process and exercise their right to vote.
Nagpur collector and district election officer Dr Vipin Itankar said the efforts are being made to take the turnout to 75 per cent. he said, “We have set an ambitious target of 75 per cent participation which we are trying to achieve through cooperation of voters.