The Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections scheduled this January will be conducted on a significantly expanded scale, with the administration planning to set up around 3,300 polling booths across the city to accommodate a final electorate of 24,83,112 voters. This translates to an average of about 752 voters per booth, aimed at ensuring smooth polling and better crowd management. The number of booths marks a substantial rise from the nearly 2,500 booths used during the 2017 civic elections.
Each polling booth will be equipped with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) comprising a control unit connected to ballot units. A single ballot unit can accommodate up to 16 candidates, which aligns with the city’s ward structure. In almost all prabhags—except Prabhag No. 38—there are four wards, and if each ward fields four candidates, voting can be managed through one ballot unit. In cases where the number of candidates exceeds this limit, additional ballot units will be attached to the same control unit.
All votes are securely stored in the control unit’s protected memory, which is sealed after counting. These memory cards are marked and deposited in the district treasury for record-keeping, recounts or legal verification, ensuring transparency.
The sharp increase in booths is intended to reduce voter congestion and waiting time on polling day. To support this, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is finalising polling locations, mainly public schools, Urban Primary Health Centres and other government buildings. As per State Election Commission norms, all booths will be located within city limits and on ground floors to ensure accessibility for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and emergency services.
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