Special focus on 146 low-polling booths in Erode District

District Election Officer and Collector S. Kandasamy has said that peculiar absorption is connected expanding elector turnout successful 146 polling booths that recorded debased information successful the erstwhile Assembly elections.

Addressing the media, helium said these booths had registered lone 40–45 per cent polling successful the 2021 Assembly election. Steps are being taken to amended elector information successful these areas up of the upcoming polls, helium added. The territory has a full of 2,379 polling stations crossed 8 Assembly constituencies. In the erstwhile election, Erode had astir 19 lakh voters, of whom 76 per cent formed their votes, exceeding the State’s mean turnout. Following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, names of deceased persons, those who person permanently relocated, and duplicate entries person been removed. The existent elector spot stands astatine 17.40 lakh, helium said.

The Collector said officials person identified the low-performing booths and are conducting door-to-door consciousness campaigns done predetermination unit and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to promote higher participation. “We are aiming for implicit 90 per cent elector turnout successful these booths this time,” helium said. Awareness programmes are besides being conducted regular successful schools, colleges, and different nationalist places to boost elector awareness, helium added.