Jyoti Amge, standing at just 62.8 cm (2 feet 1 inch) tall, arrived to vote in Nagpur. Voters waiting in line at a polling booth on Friday were pleasantly surprised. Known as the world’s shortest woman by Guinness World Records, her presence added joy to the voting experience.”
Upon arriving at the venue, dressed in a radiant red Barbie-style dress, complemented by bold red lipstick and adorned with trinkets on her fingers and wrists, 30-year-old Jyoti arrived with her family to cast her vote. She was immediately swarmed by the paparazzi, giggling at the attention until she entered the polling booth. Later, she patiently waited in line for her turn. Later, she displayed her marked finger.
“I urge all citizens to vote. Prioritize casting your vote before attending to any other tasks. As citizens, it’s our democratic responsibility to exercise our right to vote and choose a capable leader. It’s through electing good leaders that our country can progress. Therefore, voting is our duty,” she expressed to the media.
Born on December 16, 1993, Amge has appeared in ‘Bigg Boss6’ and acted in American horror television series. She has her statue in Celebrity Wax Museum in Lonavala.
Voting for the first phase of elections began at 7 am for the five seats of Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondia, Gadchiroli-Chimur and Chandrapur in Maharashtra.
The contest in Nagpur seat is between BJP candidate and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate Vikas Thackeray. In Ramtek, Raju Parve of Shiv Sena is up against Shyam Kumar Barve of MVA and in Bhandara-Gondia constituency, BJP’s Sunil Mendhe is against Dr. Prashant Patole of Congress. BJP candidate Sudhir Mungantiwar is contesting against Congress’s Pratibha Dhanorkar in Chandrapur and in Gadchiroli-Chimur, the fight is between BJP’s Ashok Nete and Congress’s Namdev Kirsan.
There are 26 candidates in the fray in Nagpur, 15 in Chandrapur, 28 in Ramtek, 18 in Bhandara-Gondia and 10 candidates in Gadchiroli.