With the idea of crèches at polling booths turning out to be extremely beneficial for women voters in the city during the Lok Sabha elections, the state election commission has not only decided to keep the facility open for the assembly elections but have more of it this time. About 1,547 crèches will be provided in 36 constituencies of the city and suburban district and 3,351 anganwadi sevikas will be deployed for further assistance.

As per data, of the total 96 lakh voters in the city, 46 lakh are women. To promote voting among them, the election commission introduced sakhi polling booths and crèche facility during the Lok Sabha elections. After getting a good response, they decided to enhance the facility for the assembly elections.