The Election Commission of India (ECI), has given its nod for opening as many as 60 new polling booths in different Assembly constituencies of the Almora district.
Now after receiving clearance from the ECI for opening 60 new polling booths in the district, the district election office, Almora, is going to set up a maximum 22 new polling booths in the Jageshwar assembly constituency, 12 new polling booths in the Dwarahat assembly constituency, nine new polling booths in the Almora assembly segment, eight new polling booths each in the Ranikhet assembly constituency and the Someshwar assembly constituencies and one new polling booth in the Salt assembly segment , said the officials concerned of the district election office, Almora.
Presently, there are as many as 787 polling booths spreading across six different assembly constituencies of the Almora district. With opening of 60 new polling booths now there will be a total 847 polling booths in the Almora district i.e. 140 polling booths in the Dwarahat assembly constituency, followed by the Salt assembly constituency with 132 polling booths, the Ranikhet assembly segment with 132 polling booths, the Someshwar assembly pocket with 134 polling booths, the Almora assembly constituency with 137 polling booths and the Jageshwar assembly constituency with 172 polling booths, added the officials concerned of the district election office, Almora.
All the public representative and officials concerned have also been informed about addition of these 60 new polling booths, further said the officials concerned of the district election office, Almroa.
In the meanwhile, presently there are as many as 515231 voters including 262650 male voters and 252581 female voters in the Almora district, according to the officials concerned of the district election office, Almora.
Out of the total voters 51523I voters, there are as many as 89845 voters including 43729 male voters and 46116 female voters in Dwarahat assembly seat followed by the Ranikhet assembly constituency with 78198 voters including 40189 male voters and 38009 female voters , the Salt assembly constituency with 92372 voters including 46575 male voters and 45797 female voters, the Almora assembly constituency with 85242 voters including 44197 male voters and 41045 female voters, Someshwar assembly constituency with 81764 voters including 41772 male voters and 39992 female voters and the Jageshwar assembly constituency with 87810 voters including 46188 male voters and 41642 female voters, added the officials concerned of the district election office, Almroa.