As Nagpur goes to the polls today to elect corporators to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), voters are urged to familiarise themselves with the voting process to avoid confusion at polling stations.
To help citizens locate their polling booths easily, the NMC’s Information and Technology Department has launched a digital facility. Voters can find their polling station through the NMC website, civic chatbot, AI Mitra service and the My Nagpur mobile app. Booth details can be searched using the voter’s name or EPIC number printed on the voter ID card, in either Marathi or English. Officials say searching by EPIC number gives faster and more accurate results.
At the polling station, election staff will verify the voter’s name in the electoral roll and apply indelible ink on a finger to prevent repeat voting. The voter is then guided to a screened voting compartment to ensure secrecy.
Voting will be conducted using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) under the multi-member prabhag system prescribed by the State Election Commission, Maharashtra. Each ward seat within a prabhag appears separately on the EVM and is colour-coded for easy identification: ‘A’ seat (white), ‘B’ (light pink), ‘C’ (light yellow), ‘D’ (light blue) and ‘E’ (light green).
Voters must carefully identify their ward seat and press the blue button next to the chosen candidate’s name and symbol. A beep sound after all four votes confirms that the vote has been recorded. There is no VVPAT or paper slip in this election, and once the beep is heard, the vote cannot be changed or cancelled.
Most prabhags have four wards. However, Prabhag No. 38 has only three wards, making it an exception. Voters from this prabhag should be especially careful. The entire voting process takes less than two minutes, and a little attention ensures every vote is cast correctly.
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