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All-women polling booths to be set up in 48 Maharashtra Lok Sabha seats

Rangoli and other art forms would be used to make these booths more attractive and to lay emphasis on cleanliness

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An all-women polling booth will be set up in every Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra
during the next month's polls in a bid to encourage more female voters to exercise their franchise.

As per the Election Commission's (EC) directions to set up polling stations entirely managed by women, such booths will be set up in all 40 Lok Sabha seats of the state, a release issued by the election office said.

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