00:00Assam, as per the final list, would be roughly 2.2.5 crores, Kerala 2.7 crores,
00:07Puducherry 9.44 lakhs, Tamil Nadu 5.67 crores, and West Bengal, the final list on 20th February
00:15comprises of 6.44 crores. The festival of elections, our pride, is going to be held
00:24in the state of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
00:31The total electors are 17.4 crores, and the assembly constituencies are 824.
00:40The number of polling stations is roughly 2.19 lakhs, and the electoral machinery would consist of roughly 25 lakh
00:49personnel.
00:53To give you an overview, the end of term of Assam assembly is on 20th of May, Kerala 23rd of
01:04May,
01:04Puducherry 15th of June, Tamil Nadu 10th of May, and West Bengal 7th of May.
01:14To give you a little overview of the electors, Assam, as per the final list, would be roughly 2.2
01:22.5 crores,
01:23Kerala 2.7 crores, Puducherry 9.44 lakhs, Tamil Nadu 5.67 crores, and West Bengal, the final list on
01:3220th February
01:32comprises of 6.44 crores, and the learned judges, after their adjudication, whatever supplementary list comes, they shall be added.
01:45To give you a feel of the category of our electors, we have more than 100 years of age centenarians
01:53in Assam, Kerala, even Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.
01:59The 85-plus years of age electors are also good in number, are Divyaang Bhai and Bhai Bahen, the first
02:10-time electors,
02:11the electors from 20 to 29 years of age, and service electors.
02:15These are statistics which will be circulated to you.
02:20A total number of 2.18 lakh polling stations shall be set up.
02:28Majority of them will be in rural areas.
02:33Average per elector is between 750 to 850, less than 900 in any case.
02:42The model polling stations will be set up in all the states and UTs, and there will be specially women
02:52-managed polling stations.
02:54Webcasting shall be 100% in all the polling stations, and there will be Divyaang brothers and sisters-managed polling
03:03stations as well.
03:06The electoral exercise in India is one of the largest and most unique exercise in the world.
03:15For example, in Assam, the polling teams undertake arduous journey of 50 to 60 kilometers from Majuli via ferry and
03:28road,
03:29cross Brahmaputra River, and finally reach the remote Dhanagana polling station,
03:36where 248 electors are there, and they reach there by tractor in the end.
03:42Similarly, in Kerala, Edomalkudi has around 693 electors, a tribal area of Ittiki district,
03:53where the polling officials reach by completing 30 kilometers of journey through budget off-road terrain by specified vehicles,
04:04and followed by 8-kilometer track by foot.
04:09Similarly, in Assam, similar West Bengal, in Alipurda district, polling teams take through the Maksha-Traiger reserve hills
04:22to reach the polling booths of 759 electors.
04:26And similarly, in Tamil Nadu, Varusanad Hills, in Teni district, polling officers travel three hours across difficult terrain to reach
04:39five electors.
04:40Puduchiri also, in its Chidambaram Pillai schools, once a French colony,
04:50was designated model polling stations, which has two polling stations of 722 and 6551 electors.
04:57Thank you very much.
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