Telangana Hyderabad all set for Lok Sabha polls

G GOWTHAM
In the forthcoming lok sabha elections on May 13, around 45.91 lakh residents will exercise their right to vote at 3,986 polling places throughout the city. A total of 30,000 authorities have been enlisted to help ensure free and fair elections: 16,000 poll workers and 14,000 law enforcement officers.
 
District Election Officer (DEO) Ronald Rose and hyderabad Police Commissioner K Sreenivasa reddy told reporters here on tuesday that all election-related preparations were finished. On the same day as the Parliamentary elections in hyderabad and secunderabad, there will also be by-elections for the secunderabad Cantonment assembly seat.
 
Approximately 60% of the officers who requested postal ballots have used the three voter facilitation centres to cast their ballots. 532 of the 571 voters who chose to cast their ballots at home have already done so. The DEO stated, "We will keep the centres open on May 9 and 10 in case the officers missed, and we will try again on May 8 for home voting.
 

In light of the low voter turnout—just 48% in the most recent assembly polls and around 45% in the 2019 parliamentary elections—authorities have increased awareness campaigns and equipped polling places with all the necessities.
 
The Saksham app allows PwD and senior citizens to request taxi services, while the ghmc website allows voters to view the wait time. In terms of law and order, the city has 383 crucial polling places: 224 in hyderabad, 144 in secunderabad, and 15 in Medchal-Malkajgiri.
 
Based on other polling difficulties such as the Absentee, Shifted, and Dead (ASD) Voters' List, 663 more people are deemed essential.
 
 

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