Over one lakh new voter enrolment forms were received at special camps set up across Hyderabad for people to enrol and verify their names in electoral rolls ahead Lok Sabha elections beginning next month.
The special camps were organised by Election Commission at polling stations across Hyderabad and Secunderabad to help both the existing voters to verify their details and aspiring ones for getting themselves registered. Booth Level Officers (BLO) were deployed at the camps to help the existing voters to verify their names on the voters' list.
It said that a camp was set up at every polling station where the electoral roll was pasted for people to check whether their names were there or not in the list. New voters could enrol themselves by filling up 'Form 6' on the spot. The last date for registration is March 12.
"Total, over 1.70 lakh forms have been received in Delhi, which will be disposed off timely, so that the citizens can exercise their right of franchise in the coming Lok Sabha Election scheduled for 10 April, 2014".
The special camps were organised by Election Commission at all polling stations of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The camps were supervised by the senior officers of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer and the District Election Offices.
To ensure record voting turnout in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and to bring awareness, a cultural programme was also organised in Old city area. The Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 30, over a spread of nine days, in the highest number of phases so far in the country. Counting of votes in all the 542 constituencies will be done on May 16.
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