Voting Time: Change in voting hours; Now voting will be held until 'this' time instead of 6

The state machinery of the Election Commission is ready for voting in the municipal councils and municipal panchayats (Maharashtra Election). A total of 1 crore 7 lakh 3 thousand 576 voters will exercise their right to vote in the municipal council and municipal panchayat elections. The Election Commission has informed that arrangements have been made for about 13 thousand 355 polling stations for this purpose. EVM machines have been arranged for these elections, with 13 thousand 726 control units and 27 thousand 452 ballot units made available.

Voting will be held on December 2 for the membership of 246 municipal councils and 42 municipal panchayats (a total of 288) in the state, as well as for the direct election of chairpersons. On December 2, the voting time will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Counting of votes will begin on December 3 at 10 a.m.

Double star symbol in front of duplicate names

In the voters' list of local self-government bodies, a double star symbol (**) will be marked in front of the name of a potential duplicate voter. Therefore, the person whose name has this symbol must provide information about where they will be voting. If such a voter exercises their right to vote at one location, information will be provided at the other location accordingly. This shows that the Election Commission has taken precautions this time to ensure that the person cannot vote in two places.

For these municipal council and municipal panchayat elections, 288 election decision officers and 288 assistant election decision officers have been appointed. Additionally, 66,775 officers and employees have been deployed.

Total voters and polling stations

Male voters - 53,79,931

Female voters - 53,22,870

Other voters - 775

Total voters - 1,07,03,576

Total polling stations - approximately 13,355