A total of 30,435 VVPAT machines has already been received so far in Chhattisgarh for the upcoming Assembly polls in the State , Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer (CEC) Subrat Sahoo informed on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference here, Sahoo said that the trials of 16,9,86 VVPAT machines has already been held.
He said that the citizens whose names could have been been included in the voter list can still make an application online for getting their names added in the list.
The total number of voters in the State stands at 1,81,79,4,35 in which 91.4699 lakh are males and 90.32505 lakh are females. There are 831 third gender voters, Sahoo said.
The State has received 35,150 ballot units and 29,300 control units, he said.
The demonstration of VVPAT units for voters is being held across the state in government and private offices, Bazar Haat , shops and malls and in educational institutions, Sahoo said.
This year, 66,509 persons had applied for name change in the voter list. The first round of training for officials and employees had been completed, he said.
In all Assembly
constituencies , Master trainers had been appointed .
There had been a rise in number of voters this time with 1200 new polling centers in rural pockets of Assembly constituencies and 1400 in urban pockets, he said.
There had been a rise in the number of polling centers and all political parties had been consulted on changes, Sahoo said.
He informed that Election Commission of India has extended the last date of revision of electoral list in the State to Aug 31. A special permission in this regard was given after demand from Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Bhupesh Baghel that the government offices were closed due to State and national mourning due to demise of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.