Following directions from the Election Commission of India, the Cuttack district administration has made booth delimitation and increased the number of booths for general elections from 2,042 to 2,055 in the district.
There are nine Assembly constituencies in the district, of which the number of booths in Banki, Athagarh, Barabati-Cuttack, Niali, Cuttack Sadar and Salepur constituencies have registered increases in their numbers of booths.
To facilitate the electors to cast their votes without any hassles, the number of booths have been increased, said District Election Officer and District Magistrate Girish SN. In a review meeting held here this week, the Collector has invited objections or suggestions, if any, by July 22 from major political parties over the booth delimitation.
The collector also informed that the Commission in its guideline has instructed that there shall not be more than 1200 voters in any booth located in rural areas whereas; the urban booths would have not more than 1,400 voters in its list.
The booths should be located at such a place that it would not be more than two km from the residential locations.
According to sources, Banki constituency will have two more booths, three more in Athagarh, two in Barabati-Cuttack, one in Niali, three in Cuttack Sadar and Salepur segment will have two more booths than it had in the 2009 elections.
The review meeting held under the chairmanship of the Collector was attended among others by representatives of all major political parties, including the Cuttack ADM laxmidhar Mohanty, and sub collectors of Cuttack Sadar, Athagarh and Banki.