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Election Commission to increase number of booths for 2017 UP polls

PTI
Published : Jun 21, 2016, 12:34 pm IST
Updated : Jun 21, 2016, 12:34 pm IST

The new polling centres are being planned in the constituencies where there are more than 1,500 registered voters.

Election Commission of India. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)
 Election Commission of India. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

The new polling centres are being planned in the constituencies where there are more than 1,500 registered voters.

The Election Commission has decided to increase the number of polling booths in Uttar Pradesh for the 2017 Assembly elections.

The state election commission has decided to raise the number of polling centres in the state and has invited suggestions or objections in this regard from the public and political parties upto July 1, an official release said on Monday.

It said that new polling centres are being planned in the constituencies where there are more than 1,500 registered voters. Meanwhile, District Magistrate D K Singh told reporters that 50 new booths would be established in the district.

He said that polling booths in six constituencies, Muzaffarnagar, Budhana, Purkazi, Khatoli, Charthawal and Midanpur would be raised from 1,769 to 1,819 booths.

Location: India, Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffarnagar