25 May,2024 01:25 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Gyanesh Kumar after he cast his vote/ X
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar along with their families participated in the voting process during the sixth phase of India General Elections 2024 on Saturday. Both of them exercised their voting right early morning with their families in the capital, reported by ANI.
The tweet also said that Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar set an example for people by voting early with the family.
"Setting an example: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar voted early today morning in the Capital in Phase 6 of the India General Elections 2024. He was accompanied by family," the tweet reads.
Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh along with their families proudly showcased their inked fingers after casting their vote in front of the media. They also emphasised the importance of active participation in the voting process through this activity.
There are a total of 162 candidates and voting for all seven Lok Sabha seats of the national capital began this morning.
According to the media agency's reports, there are more than one crore fifty-two lakh voters in the capita and eighty-two lakh are male and seventy lakh are female voters. And there are fifty-two thousand young voters who will cast their vote for the first time.
Delhi has seven parliamentary constituencies: Chandni Chowk, East Delhi, New Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, South Delhi, and West Delhi. According to the ANI report, eight seats in Bihar, ten seats in Haryana, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Jharkhand Delhi, six in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, and eight in West Bengal will vote today.
The Election Commission of India has made all the necessary arrangements to ensure smooth and hassle-free voting. Many facilities such as drinking water, ramps, toilets, and wheelchairs to electricity are set up so that people are comfortable and elderly persons or persons with disabilities can participate in the voting process.
Forty-two assembly constituencies in Odisha are also going for polls simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections in the State, as reported by ANI.
Some prominent candidates in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections include Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi. Bansuri Swaraj, Somnath Bharti, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Dinesh Lal Yadav alias 'Nirahua', Dharmendra Yadav, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Agnimitra Paul, Naveen Jindal, Raj Babbar, Deepender Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja and Aparajita Sarangi are among other prominent candidates in the fray, the report added.
(with inputs from ANI)
