Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal on Tuesday said that as many as 2,03,27,631 voters in the State will be able to exercise their right to vote in the Assembly election. Out of these, 1,08,19,021 are male, 95,08,155 are female, and 455 are third-gender voters.

Agarwal said that tThere are 4,82,896 young voters in the 18 to 19 age group. Similarly, there are 1,49,387 voters with disabilities, and 2,42,818 voters who are over 85 years old. Also, there are 9,554 voters who are over 100 years old. The 20 to 29 age group includes 41,52,806 voters, he added.

The Election Commission of India has declared the schedule for the Haryana Legislative Assembly general elections. The official notification for the election will be issued on September 5, 2024.

Talking to reporters, the Chief Electoral Officer said that nomination papers can be filed until September 12. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on September 13, 2024, and candidates can withdraw their nominations until September 16. Voting in the state will be held on October 1 and the counting of votes will take place on October 4.

He also said that the final voter list will be published on August 27. If the names of young individuals who turned 18 by July 1, are not on the voter list, they should contact their respective BLO and complete the necessary form to get their vote registered. The last date to receive nomination papers is September 12, and applications for voter registration can be submitted up to September 2.

Agarwal said there will be 20,629 polling booths in the state, of which 7,132 will be in urban areas and 13,497 in rural areas. These polling booths have been set up at 10,495 locations across the state.

He further said that Haryana has 90 assembly constituencies, out of which 17 are reserved constituencies. Furthermore, candidates can spend up to Rs 40 lakh on their election campaign. They must provide details of a separate bank account to the District Election Officer for this purpose. Apart from this , candidates and political parties must publicly disclose any criminal background of their candidates in newspapers and on TV news channels at least three times. This information must be published between August 16 and September 30. Political parties must also display this information on their official websites as well.

He stated that candidates can use the "Suvidha App" to get approvals for election rallies, roadshows, helipads, etc. Voters can use the "KYC App" to get information about the background of their candidates and a special app called "Saksham" has been developed to assist voters with disabilities , he added.